Author Archives: parker

Busking Rome  –  April 2017 Part of the reason for the delay in new material on this site is due to the twin blessings of intense genealogical research in advance of (as well as subsequent to) a trip to the … Continue reading →

Jim Campilongo Trio –  Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium  –  March 19, 2017 Three in a row for Greenwich Library, hats off!  Campilongo is the “Master of the Telecaster”.  He’s wonky into his guitar specs, and he knows what sounds he … Continue reading →

Ringrose & Freeman  –  Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium  –  March 12, 2017 Sometimes we just gotta drag ourselves out of home and make the effort.  For this, in honor of St.Paddy’s, there was a delightful reward of expertly performed trad … Continue reading →

Busking NYC  – Satish Robertson/Nobuyuki Yamasaki  – February 2017 Got waaaay too busy, common state of affairs, and wasn’t intending to be sketching at all on this day – had no proper supplies.  But these guys were pretty soulful and … Continue reading →

Bernard Purdie  –  Greenwich Library Cole Audiorium  –  February 4, 2017 Another senior citizen still going strong, kept vital and young at heart by making people happy doing what he loves.  Purdie got touted as the most recorded drummer of … Continue reading →

Sketchcrawl #54  –  ChinaTown, NYC  –  January 28, 2017 We had close to 20 SketchCrawlers out for the Chinese New Year (of the Rooster). Couldn’t really get too close to the festivities, soooo crowded, but that was no impediment to … Continue reading →

Busking NYC  –  Muammer Aryar / Grupo Wayno  –  January 12, 2017 Two sets of buskers in the subway today; a solo and an enemble.   Muammer performed at Union Square station.  And Grupo Wayno, a trio, was at Herald … Continue reading →

Triton Brass Quintet  –  St. Paul’s Chapel  –  January 12, 2017 This concert (new venue for me) was part of Trinity Wall Street’s “Time’s Arrow” series, celebrating the 250th anniversary of SPC, the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan.  The … Continue reading →

Out of the Blue   –  Coyote Joe’s, Charlotte  –  December 21, 2016 Down South doin’ some visiting.  Our niece’s boyfriend is in the house band for the local honky-tonk.  We didn’t participate in any of the line dancing, but … Continue reading →

Busking NYC  –  Dexter Jones  –  December 15, 2016 Jones had a full repertoire of Christmas songs to brighten up the Columbus Circle station, so I stayed past a few trains to give him my best.