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Crabgrass Bluegrass Band  –  Main Street, Orleans  –  July 11, 2017 CGBG seems to be the go-to bluegrass band of Cape Cod.  There are no unintentional rough edges to ’em, though they live up to the offhandedness and casual proficiency … Continue reading →

John Salerno Band – Orleans Village Green  –  July 11, 2017 Salerno’s outfit is old school jazz, mining the society/easy listening vein, but his veterans know how to inject sufficient verve into the various chestnuts (nothing was unfamiliar to me) … Continue reading →

Derek Gripper  – Lincoln Center Rubenstein Atrium  –  June 22, 2017 Solo guitarist (nylon strings) Gripper is South African, and has dedicated himself to showcasing both folk songs of his country (continent, actually) and works by its modern composers.  Some … Continue reading →

Ramsey Lewis  –  BAM Metrotech  –  June 8, 2017 Jazz instrumentalist Lewis from Chicago had a few top 10 hits in the 1960’s.  Of course, he had some career going before that, but once he hit it big on the pop … Continue reading →

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 →