Walking through the New York City Subway system, we met many street musicians. Each one had a different story, played a different instrument, and a different style of music, but what they shared was a love of their art and the joy that it gives them to share their music with the people of New […]
Category: Music
Inspiration in Urbania: The story of Blue Man Group
The streets of New York inspired one of the world’s most innovative performing groups. Blue Man Group is now a well-known act with regular shows in New York, Las Vegas, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Berlin, and a world tour (“About Blue Man Group”). But this impressive entertainment empire has humble beginnings. Three friends—Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, […]
Legality of NYC street and subway performances
Street Performances has been a gray area of legality for sometime now. While performing on the street is in a sense a type of speech which is protected under the first amendment there still are some rules and regulations that people have to abide by when wishing to perform. In most cases anyone can perform […]
G-Wyll’s Will: Greg Willis
Gregory Willis, known by many is G-Wyll is unlike most subway performers. G-Wyll grew up in Atlanta Georgia where even at a young age music was deeply a part of his life. He said in a documentary by Joey Cardella that at a young age he saw his family listen to music during parties and […]
The History of NYC Busking
Street performance has a long history, especially in New York City. As Patricia J. Campbell notes in her book Passing the Hat: Street Performers in America, “The history of busking is the history of urban civilization. There have been street performers at least as long as there have been streets” (Campbell). Busking can be traced […]
