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A Lovely Day for Busking

Subway Music Auditions

Photo: Associated Press


It’s audition day for Music Under New York, the MTA offshoot that sanctions musical performers throughout the subway system. Here, Fred Gillen Jr., a washboard player, and Matt Turk, a guitarist, wait their turn at Grand Central. They’ve got to be better than that guy who only ever plays “Redemption Song.”

A Lovely Day for Busking