Loose Marbles At Conway's Toad Suck Daze

I was lucky to be introduced to the Loose Marbles last summer, along with the rest of those who wandered past this group of bohemian street performers at Conway's annual Toad Suck Daze festival. The voice of singer Meshiya Lake really knocked me out, and her delivery seemed to be from a ghost of day's gone by.

The group hails from New Orlean according to this article from the New Yorker. It is described as a loose collection of accomplished street performers who travel seasonally between New York City and New Orleans, making their living playing music and dancing on sidewalks and in parks.

A little time on Youtube.com will find videos of this plucky group playing to passerby's as far away as Berlin and Amsterdam. If you are ever in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, or in NYC in the summer, make the effort to look these wonderful performers up and drop some money in a hat. It'll be some the best money you ever spent.