Union Square Subway Station

On the train on my way to my spot for the day at the 14th street subway station there were 4 South American guys playing bass, two guitars and an accordion. They were wearing matching burgundy coats and white hats. They were traveling from car to car in the train, playing one song in each…

Calebe Aruda was playing his violin at the Music Under New York spot at the 14th street subway station when I got there. He said he got a late start today – 11am. He was wearing a short sleeve t-shirt despite the wintery weather. He said that he breaks up a sweat when he plays.…

On the train this morning I ran into one of the saxophone players from ‘Sax and the City’ – a quartet of sax players that used to play in the subway under the Music Under New York banner. He just returned from a tour of China with the ’42nd Street’ musical. While there he discovered…

When I arrived at the Union Square subway station there was a trumpet player on the platform. As I neared the mezzanine I could hear the sound of the pan-flute playing a song from ‘Cats’. It was Alberto playing at the Music Under New York spot. I set on the bench to wait for Alberto…

Scout, the R&B singer who goes by the name of ‘Eunique’, was singing a catchy song at the Music Under New York spot at the 14th street subway station when I arrived. Scout has a beautiful, velvety singing voice. An older Chinese guy was handing flyers by the staircase to the uptown trains. It was…

The train I took from my house to the Union Square subway station was stuck on the elevated train tracks before Queens Plaza for a long time. At least the passengers had the nice view of Manhattan to look at, but it was a bit scary to be suspended in mid air like this… It…

On the train on my way to play a guy told me that he saw me play the musical saw in the subway. He went on to say that he teaches guitar at the International School of Music. He asked for my card and said he would post it on the board at the school.…

As I arrived at the Music Under New York spot at Union Square, it was 11:50am and there were people changing the ads on the walls of the station. They were peeling off the existing ads and plastering new ads which appeared to be for the NYC marathon. They just finished doing the ad on…

When I arrived at the Music Under New York spot at the Union Square subway station it was 11:45 and there was nobody there. The elevator from the platform wasn’t working, so I had to carry my gear up the stairs. There were two people sleeping on the bench near the MUNY spot. A group…

Alberto, the pan flute player who is a ‘freelancer’ (plays without a permit) was at the Music Under New York spot at Union Square when I got there. He said today was “so-so”. He prefers Times Square. Well, don’t we all 🙂 That’s why it’s so hard to find a vacant spot there! A guy…