Boogie Buskers

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  Boogie Buskers: West Houston Drum Dance

  After a long hiatus, it’s high time we revived our Boogie Buskers feature, in which we capture the city’s street performers entertaining the masses… On a recent summer afternoon, a pair of [...]

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  Boogie Buskers: Subway Saxophonist

  City buskers are well aware of the favorable acoustics on the main level of the Broadway-Lafayette subway stop.  Yesterday afternoon, this lone saxophonist was playing his heart out, and could be heard throughout [...]

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  Boogie Buskers: Lunch Licks in Washington Square Park

  Just past noon on Tuesday, we were enjoying some choice lunch licks in Washington Square Park, courtesy of the highly talented Park Foundation Jazz collective.  The musicians were the subject of an article in The [...]

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  Boogie Buskers: Mariachi Trio

  We were riding a northbound F train Friday evening when a Mariachi band boarded at the West 4th subway station. The trio of musicians – two guitars and an accordion – serenaded us straphangers for the [...]

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  Boogie Buskers: Broadway Bucket Drummer

  Last night, this talented bucket drummer was tearing it up at the southwest corner of Houston and Broadway.  Dude, you’re totally in the band! Enough said.

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  Boogie Buskers: Xylopholks Entertain at West 4th

  The Xylopholks are a costumed troupe that plays pseudo-ragtime music in the city’s subway system. We’ve read about them quite a bit, but never had the distinct privilege of witnessing a live [...]

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  Boogie Buskers: Doo Wop on F

  Mid-afternoon doo-wop on the uptown F train. Related Reading:Subway Mariachi [Bowery Boogie]

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  Boogie Buskers:…And You Don’t Stop

  Ascending the escalator from the subway platform at Herald Square over the weekend, I was delighted to see a talented crew of breakdancers entertaining large groups of miserable straphangers. The breakers are [...]