Posts Tagged ‘ guide to new york city ’

High Line – Natural Urban Renewal

Aug 28th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: News

I know this site is supposed to be “Undercover” and about the people who people. But this week I went to one of the latest free things to do in New York — to spend 30 minutes scoping out perhaps the latest and greatest public space in which to perform. Within the last month or [...]



Raycurt, a.k.a. Fiddla

Jun 28th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Classical, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Violin, viola, voice, piano, producer
Location: Duffy Square, 47th and 7th MUNY
Email: Raycurt.mc@googlemail.com
Phone: 917-370-9094
Website: www.raycurt.com
Bio uke Ellington School for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, N.Y. Vocal Studies.(1977- 1979)
Dance Theater of Harlem, NYC Classical and Jazz. (1984)
NEW YORK CITY:
Chevalier de Saint Georges Trio and Quartet. 1984-89
United Nations Conference Concerts
C.B.S. [...]



Lila’Angelique and Thoth

Jun 28th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Other Music, - Vocal, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Vocals, Violin, Foot Percussion, Dance, and Theater duets
Location: MUNY, Bethesda Terrace
Email: thoth@skthoth.com
Phone: 917-826-8190
Website: www.skthoth.com, myspace, cdbaby, youtube, yahoo, facebook, twitter
Address: P.O. Box 670232 Flushing, NY 11367
Lila’Angelique bio:
Thoth Bio: For the most part, my ancestry is lost in the past because of slavery and other interruptive influences. However, I’ve been able to deduce a bit [...]



William Ruiz Taino

Jun 28th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - Drummer, - World Music, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Percussionist/Master log drummer/Drumset
Location: MUNY
Email: percussionistwilliamruiz@gmail.com
Phone: 917-388-7755
Website: www.williamruiz.com, CD Baby, youtube, all about jazz, myspace
Bio: William Ruiz (bandleader, Taino percussionist, master log drummer, hand drummer and on Tribal drumset), is one of today’s most talented modern improvisational world music artists. Based in NYC, this young spirited Native American Taino Puerto Rican artist is the [...]



Espiritu Andino (Music And dance of the Andes)

Jun 28th, 2009 | By Nick | Category: - World Music, Profiles, • Street Musician

Medium: Music of the Andes
Location: MUNY
Email: espirituandino@aol.com
Phone: 917-903-4315
Website: www.espirituandino.com
Bio: Espiritu Andino was created in the summer of 2005 as a response to the vital necessity to keep alive, share, spread and transmit to our new generations, the philosophy of the inca culture so as to show the world the different mystical places of the millenary [...]