Moldavian Accordian in the Subway

one of my favourite people in NYC is this guy
who used to sit in the W4th station on the downtown F train track

i'd dance to his songs and talk with him
... he's from Moldavia
and enjoys hearing my stories
as enjoy hearing his music.

in this segment i'd not seen him for a year
and he was in a different place than usual
though i cannot remember where...
he started playing more popular numbers for some children (the chiken song)
then a handsome man asked him if he knew Such-and-Such
and he did
so they did a duet together
the man singing
... as i got on the train

Category:

Music

Tags:

• nyc
• subway
• moldavia
• acordian
• street
• musician

[dominicvine]

It's much worse in this country than in most in Europe...

we give more attention to panic, drama and fear

and most of our tax dollars goes to war.

at least there is support of the Arts and Paris

but, again, don't think that just because they're on the streets in these big cities it's because they HAVE to be

modern pop culture wouldn't go to see these guys in theaters...

so by them playing in public spaces they get to do what they enjoy doing and see the smiles on people's faces...

[BaLkanButcher]

sensational!  ...this is one of my favourite videos on youtube... could you get any more of him?

[dominicvine]

i haven't seen him around lately: the subway tunnels are hell in the summer..

when it gets cooler

expect to see more of him

[arnoschults1984]

if you can post more video's from this guy yer gonna make a lot of people happy. I play the accordion for a month now and if I heard this man play.... damn what can I say. If I would live in NYC I'd go there and simply take lessons from him. He's awesome. thank you for sharing this video.

[dominicvine]

He does give lessons... a friend of mine asked him and he said he would. I don't have an Accordian or i would take lessons from him myself!

[jillbird]

Why do the good musicians end up playing in subway stations, while people like Fergie and Britney are making it big?

[mamaligas]

Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, i`m moldavian myself, people are taking the piss because of that sometimes, of course i don`t care much, but still..

Does the word poor=bad? or poor=prick?

We still have the russians on our back sucking our "blood" for years, they! don`t let us to lead a democratic life & never did in history, we are just small country(being separated from mother-land Romania)everyone around is kicking us, shame..

P.S. God bless the man on the video & the poster.

[casablancamicasa]

i been living in new york for 12 years,i can tell this is in union square subway station by just looking at this,how come i never meet this guy? or i will filming him.

[evamusicbomb]

Oh My God im jealous of this man!

[dwbush777]

@dominicvine which station/s do you usually find him in? I think I may have heard him in Grand Central between the #7 and #4,5,6 stairways???

[itsAudaciousA]

@en1gma79 hes playing hava nagila at 2:30, its an israeli song

[link0zeldarulz89]

@dominicvine What's the song he starts playing at 2:30?

[EN1GMA79]

what is the song at 2:30???

[alluvermin]

Anyone who can play the accordian is a coordinated genius

[ArtisticwithaK]

Who would dislike this?

[chick3ntr33s]

@luvlac64 people walking by... :(