Episode 24: Adrian Jusdanis - The Street Is The Stage
Artists of New York by Dan Riley
Episode notes
Adrian Jusdanis ("New Thousand") is a street performer based in New York City.
(00:00) Why he moved to New York for love
(01:36) Initial resistance to leaving New Orleans
(03:45) Discovering New Orleans as an artistic haven
(07:20) Addictions and arrested development in New Orleans
(10:22) Moving to New York to grow up
(13:14) The health scare that led to sobriety
(16:00) Sobriety improves his music and performance
(20:40) How his looping violin street act works
(24:14) Mediterranean and classical influences in his music
(28:00) Learning to read the crowd sober
(32:12) His favorite places to perform in NYC
(36:21) The street band that changed ...