Kerri MacDonald
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Kerri MacDonald recently moved to New York to study at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Her work has since appeared on the New York Times Lens and Local blogs, and in community newspapers in Manhattan and Queens. She started chronicling the lives of buskers in the city's subway system in September, and she's always looking for tips.

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Seeking Sound Underground: House of Waters

Posted May 28, 2010 | 11:39:45 (EST)

When House of Waters played Union Square one afternoon last week, the camera phone-toting crowd put most scattered subway audiences to shame.

Max ZT, the frontman of the instrumental world music band, didn't seem phased by the turnout. Subway performances tend to be more lucrative than your average...

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Seeking Sound Underground: Busker Brothers

Posted April 21, 2010 | 17:47:51 (EST)

Heth and Jed Weinstein have been a part of the underground music scene in New York for about five years. Now, the two are writing a memoir about their experience busking in the city's subway.

The Los Angeles-born brothers have plenty of experience - and a large...

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Seeking Sound Underground: A Tool For Music (VIDEO)

Posted March 30, 2010 | 09:54:00 (EST)

Moses Josiah plays the guitar. From time to time, he plays the piano. But his favorite instrument is a little less commonplace.

Josiah, 80, is one of a small crowd of musical saw players in...

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Seeking Sound Underground: Curtis Jordan Plays for Smiles (VIDEO)

Posted March 15, 2010 | 11:44:52 (EST)

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Where Curtis Jordan grew up, the sound of steel drums is more than familiar.

"There's so many millions of drums in Trinidad that if you turn left,...

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