This fellow set up shop on the corner on both Saturday and Sunday this past weekend playing his amplified lute for all to hear. The music seemed to captivate all who heard it, as passers-by would stop for a few moments to listen to the eerie progressions. Rather than the go-to “Play some Skynyrd” that usually accompanies loosely-organized performances, inebriated patrons instead compelled to “Play some Greensleeves, bro!”
While not as furious as the Ferocious Few, for instance, you’ve got to hand it to this busker for his resilience. Perhaps there’s a Renaissance Fair nearby where he can find his soul mate. In the meantime, I’m gonna go and listen to some Dragon Warrior NES music.
UPDATE!!!! I am an “expert” at world music and this a West African Kora, not a medieval lute.
I don’t know about the music, but those pants sure put the starch in my wimple.
That looks like a west African kora. Def not a lute
That’s not a lute, and it’s not even medieval – it’s a type of African harp.
That is a West African kora, not a lute. The pants appear to be made of Kente pattern, again from West Africa.
Well whatever that thing is, that fellow has been coming to that corner to entertain passers-by for months.
You don’t even know what a lute is, do you?
I thought all hipsters played Ultima and therefore knew what a fucking lute was.
pretty sure that’s Jordan from the Free School next to Noisebridge. the lutey thing makes frequent appearances.
Chilean empanadas?