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:Duke 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 [...]

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, [...]

The best acoustics are in Grand Central Station. For me they are the only factor that motivates. When I hear a good sound I can manipulate it for the ambiance for the people. It’s all about beautiful music for the people. The money and fame—all that comes with the package, but if it don’t swing, [...]

While playing violin during what I call a walkabout on Haight street in San Francisco, I was attacked by a drugged up man wielding a skateboard. He beat me on the back over and over screaming “NOT A VIOLIN!” I didn’t stop playing. Lucky I wear a type of chain armor that protected me. No [...]

Busking has been good for me for many reasons. Thanks to performing on the street, I became a bandleader, and it has developed my chops. The strangest thing was when the lights went out, back when we had the power failure. I was on the 1-train at Union Square, so I had to walk many [...]

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 [...]

Here’s a good one: take some of the most interesting and weird people you can find, put them on one forgotten street in Manhattan, and take photos of them. The following article was previously publish in Fbombmagazine. What do an escape artist, a world championship trick roper (read: fancy cowboy), a fire artist, a tattoo [...]

Street Performances; one of the cheapest things to do in New York City “Young singers ask me, ‘Do I have to live in New York?’ I say, ‘You can live wherever you want-as long as people think you live in New York.’” – Benita Valente (Soprano) “New York has more hermits than will be found [...]