NEW YORK (AP) β It’s an annual New York rite: performers auditioning for the privilege of doing their thing β in the grubby, noisy subway system.
Seventy showed up Tuesday at Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. They made music for a jury in the elegant Vanderbilt Hall above the tracks. They’ll soon find out who won the right to officially stage their act somewhere underground. Tips can add up to hundreds of dollars a day.
This year’s contenders were a motley crew. One drummer β a law school graduate who worked as a Unitarian church minister β says he’s “always smoking pot.” And a young woman with a guitar wore giant blue wings to match lyrics about a South American poet.
The “Music Under New York” contest is run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
