Have you ever been screeched in? Have you ever been to an east cost kitchen party? Have you ever seen three grown men, play for pants? Screeched Inn is a return favourite to Toronto’s International BuskersFest, and they brought the homemade east coast kitchen party, to the streets of Toronto. If you are a fan of ‘Great…

On the third day of Toronto’s International BuskersFest, I walked north on Young Street and recognized the distinct sound of the Digeridoo or Yidaki. As I got closer, the sound of the three gents playing together, Drums, Saxophone, Flute, Guitar, and Digeridoo, equaled a body moving sound. OKA, captured my attention as soon as they started…

The Bearded Gypsy Band will always bring the folk party. Giving all they’ve got, dancing, jumping, and moving all around the space. These Gypsies were another return favourite for me this year, at Toronto International BuskerFest. They are so much fun to listen to. Take some folk, celtic, and some jazz and turn them on…

Every year at Toronto’s International BuskersFest, I usually leave with someone’s music CD. Andrew Lopatin, a Stouffville, Ontario, native, was this first new music artist; that captured my attention. Propped up on a wee black stool, head set, and some re-enforced sound, to project what he calls ‘Wired Finger-Styles Guitar’. His guitar lays flat, which is…

About 3 years ago, I got introduced to Toronto’s International BuskerFest, and went down to see what all the hype was about, on the closed streets of Toronto. I walked up and down, and got to the end of the Pitches on Front Street, in the St. Lawrence Market area. (They have moved it to Young…