have been digging among the roots of pop music since they met at an open mic in a basement dive in New Hampshire in 1993. With more or less old school instruments they tap the street music tradition for which they are named, then go much further, with serious musicianship, a sense of humor, and energy to burn. Their kitchen sink repertoire ignores boundaries between jazz, folk and rock. Their sound is defined only by deep respect for the craft of songwriting and arranging and a shared love for the inventive possibilities of improvisation.
Washington, D.C. native Craig Jaster (piano, bass, accordion, vocals) has played professionally since age 15.  A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he accompanied modern dance in NYC before moving to New Hampshire, where he has gone on to play jazz with Delfeayo Marsalis, Tiger Okoshi and Big Joe Burrell and opened for The Yellowjackets, Arturo Sandoval, Dianne Reeves, and the immortal Ray Charles.   He has also recorded with many New Hampshire artists. including Rik Pfenninger and Sweet, Hot & Sassy, as well as a CBS TV production of the play On Golden Pond.  He taught jazz piano at Plymouth State College from 1999 to 2004, and is currently Performing Arts Department Head at the Sant Bani School, an independent K-12 school in Sanbornton, NH.
Kathy (KZ) Sommer (acoustic & electric violins, mandolin, vocals) has studied with latin jazz maestro Eddie Palmieri, the Turtle Island String Quartet, national fiddlers Matt Glaser, Mark O’Connor, Jay Ungar, and mandolinist Peter Ostroushko. She lived in New Hampshire for many years, where she played and recorded with the swing band Sweet, Hot & Sassy, played for contra and square dances, taught violin and gave fiddle workshops. Since moving to northern New York State in 2004, when not touring with The Buskers, she plays freelance with a number of area bluegrass and jazz musicians. She returns to New Hampshire every September to run a weekend-long acoustic music camp (www.fiddleheadscamp.com) with old fiddling friend Ellen Carlson (High Range Band).

Paul Hubert (guitar, voice) has performed extensively as a solo artist on classical guitar and as a singer/songwriter, and with various musical groups, including since 1973, the rock group White Light; in the 1980's as half of The Marty & Paul Show (a.k.a. The Party & Maul Show); and in the early '90's, with the new age group Earth Ecos. He also plays trombone with The Baker Valley Band, a central New Hampshire wind band. He has produced three solo recordings and recorded two albums with White Light. Paul has an ongoing relationship with the New Hampshire Very Special Arts program. His day job is teaching music at the Andover, NH Elementary/Middle School.

Drummers: The Buskers tour and record with fine freelance drummers:  Kyle Tupper, who sings and plays jazz piano as well as drums, has performed with the 5th Edition, Radio Bob Band, Two Man View, Out of the Blue, The Jazzoholics and the Seba Molnar Quartet as well as with his own trio.  A senior at Crane School of Music, Kyle studies percussion with James Peterczak and is pursuing a degree in Music Ed.  Kyle is also the percussion instructor at St. Lawrence University in his hometown of Canton, NY,   Tim Gilmore has performed with Lester Bowie, Marian McPartland, Fred Hersch, and Tower of Power, and teaches at Plymouth State University and the Concord Community Music School.  Drummers emeritus include Kyle Crane (the Minor Canon, The Grownup Noise, Tim Hughes);  Ted Zarras (The Chicken Wire Gang, Kathryn Whelan's Jazz Squad, The Countdown Quartet); Bob Woodbury (USMC Band, The Rusty Rockstar Road Show) and Barry Nelson (Annie & The Orphans).