Hello Boston, the Professor World Band is back in town!

Hip hip hooray! It’s been a long cold lonely winter but the ice is finally melting. I’ve been waiting rather impatiently for a warm enough weekend to make the trip into Boston and play in the Public Gardens. I’ve been really looking forward to trying out all the new improvements to the Peace Wave Generator and new songs that I’ve been working on all winter. 

Last weekend I finally got the chance and it felt really good to be back. Although it was bit chilly at times with the wind people passing by were in the mood to stop, look,listen and join in with the Professor World Band. It was excellent hooping weather and all of my hoola hoops were often in use as well. Many of my fans from previous years were in attendance and let me know they were really happy to see me again. And of course many tourists visiting Boston and seeing the Professor World Band for the first time looked on in amazement.

One woman who left me a very generous tip on Venmo wrote in the comment section, ‘Thank you for making my family’s day in Boston so special :) Please keep doing what you are doing. It’s such a gift to the world!❤️🎶

So I had a really fun weekend in Boston and spread lots of joy and peace waves. I’m hoping for many more such weekends in the coming year!

Happy New Year! Welcome 2026!

 Well the Fall busking season was lots of fun for the Professor World Band in the Boston Public Gardens. Perhaps not as many foreign visitors as last year but still plenty of folks stopping to join the band. There’s a sizable group of families that gather every Sunday morning by the Make Way for Ducklings statues and all the kids are regular fans of the Professor World Band. 

December was a bit of a blowout this year. Usually the Christmas season is pretty good for busking but this year it was just too cold. Oh well, so it goes. I’m already looking forward to next spring. I’ve got lot of crazy new sounds and songs to try out! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DRrxfDeLg/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Fall is coming, and the show goes on!

It was a beautiful Labor Day weekend in Boston to mark the end of the summer season. The Professor World Band was out in force in the Public Gardens with many people of all ages shapes and sizes stepping up to join the band and make the hoola hoops go round and round.

All in all it was a pretty good busking season. The world really needs the peace waves these days! The beginning of summer was a bit slow. There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism so it hasn’t been quite as busy as last year. And it rained almost every weekend for 14 straight weeks in Boston but the weather has turned and once again we’re in drought conditions. The temperature last weekend was pretty cool; just about ideal for busking although a return to summer heat is predicted for this weekend. I’m looking forward to the fall which brings much more comfortable busking conditions.

The painting pictured above was given to me this weekend by an Asian foreign exchange student. She told me that when first got to the US she was feeling alone and isolated. Then one day she came across the Professor World Band playing in the Public Gardens with lots of folks joining in and making peace waves together she suddenly felt joyful and happy again . She was so inspired that she made this painting of me and gave me a framed copy last weekend. It now hangs proudly in my living room to remind myself, even when times are tough, the work that the Professor World Band is doing is very important and brings lots of joy to the world.

 

Summertime is here!

 Memorial Day has come and gone which means the busking season is in full swing. The weather has been pretty unsettled thus far, especially on the weekends which has made things a bit tricky for the Professsor World Band. I got pretty soaked a couple of times already this year by a sudden unpredicted shower. Luckily things dried out pretty quickly without any real damage to my equipment.

There have also been some really nice days that have been lots of fun with lots of folks of all ages joining along on tambourines and shakers and all the hoola hoops going! The world desperately needs the peace waves these days and the Professor World Band is doing the best we can to provide them. I’ve been working on some pretty unique and crazy new sounds and a couple of new songs that make it fun for me to play. After more than forty one years as a one man band I’m still looking forward to every opportunity !

Last Sunday, playing in the Public Gardens I had the honor to meet Stephen Baird. Back in the early seventies he was arrested multiple times for playing street music in Boston. He went to the library and started reading up on law and decided to sue the city for violating his first amendment right of free speech. He did it and won! Street performing has been legal ever since in Boston. Since then he’s gone on to advocate for buskers in other cities and states around the country. I feel that I owe Stephan a big thank you for paving the way for street musicians in Boston to be able to express themselves and spread good vibes and also to be able to earn a living without worrying about interference from the police. He says he’s not busking much at the moment but is still occupied with helping out other buskers whose rights of freedom of speech have been violated. That’s him by the way in the photo with the giant camera. He’s also doing nature photography these days! http://www.stephenbaird.org/bairdteacherguide.html?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKtrLtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHplXBGNBMG04xMn35oydJUGKatXB-L8yxuuNhCqhfmf0HP6umhOVR-ey902W_aem_ilOYVR1yDkTodJ-HXEQozw

Spring is in the Air!

 The long cold lonely winter is coming to an end! Finally, just in time for St Parick’s Day weekend the weather warmed up enough for me to break out the Peace Wave Generator in the Boston Public Gardens. And the Peace waves are badly needed these days! What crazy scary times we are living in.

This big beautiful Swiss doggy by the name of King really enjoyed the show. He really wanted to play with Olly who always guards my case.

On the Road Again!

My mechanic finally found the part he needed to fix my van just in time for me to make it to Boston this weekend. I had a blast playing in the Public Gardens once again with lots of folks dancing and singing along. Even the National Park service horses, Otis and Remington, came over to check out the Professor World Band!
 

Stuck at Home!

 Sorry to report that my van has been in the shop for the past weeks so I’ve been chilling at home and amusing myself playing in the living room. Hopefully I’ll be back on the road soon! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/USgrRp2E7VKTxQNx/?mibextid=WC7FNe