Live Music Out in the Cold

Winter weather and pandemic spread cannot stop the rhythms of our city. Local musicians are New York tough. Here are some scenes from the past 10 cold-weather days.

Restaurants used to open their doors to customers, but governmental restrictions prohibit this right now. When a door shuts, open a window. Many musicians are performing inside restaurants through open windows for audiences seated outside.

Strange Majik at Marshall Stack on New Year's Eve

Miss Maybell & the Jazz Age Artistes at Rue-B on December 30

The Underground Harmony at Caravan of Dreams on January 2

Rob Mastrianni at the Anyway Café on New Year's Eve

Diana Gitesha Hernandez at the Anyway Café on December 29

Barynya at the Anyway Café on January 2

Theaters throughout New York City have been closed for the past 10 months. The Theater for the New City has initiated its Open 'Tho Shut series on Saturday afternoons, where musicians and spoken word artists perform in the theater's driveway for a standing or seated public on the sidewalk. The programs are streamed on the venue's website.

Rob Varcony of Star '69 at the Theater for the New City on January 2
(photograph by Francesco Marano)

Finally, in milder weather, some local musicians continue to perform in the most traditional manner, outdoors alongside their audiences.

The Eric Paulin Quartet in Tompkins Square Park on December 24

The Head Peddlers at La Plaza Cultural community garden on December 25

PLM Music Revue outside Tompkins Square Park on January 2

The Blue Moons sang outside Rue-B on January 2