Medium: Andean Music Location: Times Square Email: nyaguaclara@yahoo.com Phone: (646) 207-4272 Website: www.nyaguaclara.com I’m pretty amazed with the Zoom H2 (the tool I use to record all the artists I meet. Not that it made them sound better than they already were, but that this outside performance on a fairly windy day in Times Square [...]

Okay buskers, I really don’t know how I’m going to fit all of this in. The last few months has been crazy! And you know I must mean it, because I’ve already used three exclamation marks. First of all, lets start with some good news. I’ve been contacted by a lovely real estate company in [...]

Medium: “Hot and Sweet” Jazz Location: 5th Avenue Easter Day Parade! Email: michael@dreamlandorchestra.com Phone: (646) 201-6624 Website: www.dreamlandorchestra.com Bio: Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra is an ensemble steeped in the hot-dance band tradition of the Jazz Age. Their size ranges from a full dance orchestra to smaller incarnations. They play their “Hot-and-Sweet” music anywhere [...]

“If you’re not falling, you’re not progressing” Dave (Gnome) and Anthony (Silverback): www.youtube.com/buck50 So, you may not agree that these guys are street performers, but there’s no denying that what they do is good to watch – and free. The Buck 50 Crew, otherwise known as Dave (otherwise known as “Gnome”) and Anthony (a.k.a. “Silverback”) [...]

Okay fans of Undercover New York! After a huge amount of redesign and so on, we’re finally back for the Spring Season, with a whole new list of things to see in New York City. Spring in New York is probably this city’s most beautiful time – when it’s not raining – and I’ve already [...]

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, [...]

Medium: Appalachian Old Time Music Location: Fountain on the Southwest corner of Union Square Format: Two violins (fiddles?) and a guitar Website: Two Lost Turkeys, Flatiron String Band Email: (2 Lost Turkeys) joelwenner@verizon.net Phone:718-783-4806 Post Toe-tapping goodness. Three humble performers who don’t seem to be in a band together, or at least they didn’t offer [...]

Medium: The sound of the Andes; guitar and charango Location: Grand Central Email: andesfusion@yahoo.com Phone: 347-898-3931 Website: myspace.com/andesfusion, youtube.com/andesfusion Bio: Andes Fusion is led by Juan Castillo, from Ovalle, Chile. The blending of the rhythms and sounds from their varying countries — Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Japan — make for a unique sound. They [...]