Mosaic International Institute’s Blog

Music in the streets June 3, 2009

One thing that Madrid doesn’t lack is music. No matter where you are, there is a good chance that you can hear some kind of music. The Parque Retiro is full of people playing accordions, guitars, saxophones… Not to mention the amount of music that is played on the metro. I’m not sure why but “When the saints go marching in” is a popular song for accordion players. Other than music, there there are street performers of all kinds everywhere. People dress up as cowboys and indians and pose as statues on the sidewalk. There is even a woman in Sol who flies. No joke. It’s pretty crazy. I can’t figure out how she does it. She just floats. It’s pretty amazing. You have got to check her out. That’s her up top by the way. 

The video below is a group of street performers in Sol. The instruments they were playing looked like cracked open pianos. They are literally hitting little piano strings with mallets. It’s pretty awesome.