This lady was playing a good version of Shady Grove in the Harvard Square station. Stomping her foot for a beat. Notice the guy in the background is showing his muscles for the camera. I had not noticed this when I took the photograph.
Well, coffee grows on white oak trees . The river flows with brandy . The rocks on the hill's all covered with gold . And the girls are sweeter than candy.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Bagpipes
I found a fellow playing the Bagpipes on Friday outside of the Harvard Coop in Harvard Square. The Bagpipes, as a street perfomer's instrument, I would imagine are found in few cities on this continent. I noticed a few things. One that it was hard to get close enough to give the fellow any money. Two he didn't have to take a break in between tunes due to the bag being able to hold the warbling drone while he took a breather. I was impressed nonetheless with being able to hear Bagpipes at the beginning of my Easter Weekend. I didn’t however give him any money mainly because I didn’t want to weather the sonic assault to do so.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Gifrants and Paulo Duo
Gifrants and Paulo have been playing together at the Harvard square T stop, every now and then, for the last few weeks. It makes for a beautiful duo. When Gifrants is singing Paulo plays the cello like a bass, lightly slapping it. Then, for the real, treat he takes a solo. The sonorous cello against the Haition rythyms that Gifrants uses makes for a sultry exotic sound that is so seductive it's hard not to shut your eyes and let your hips drift. They are both excellent musicians but the two together become somthing else. Cellos have been trendy ever since the Velvet Underground used them, but this duo is better than the trend. I've heard Paulo on more than one occasion playing the Bach Cello suite's or improvising against the squeal of the subway. So maybe this is a more succesful due to the skill of the players involved. I hope that they record this venture.
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