TRIBORO hails from the boroughs of New York, but looks beyond the Hudson, to other places and other times, for songs and inspiration. They are an acoustic vocal trio that applies fine three-part harmony to an eclectic mix of musical genres.

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Hear great old-time, new-time, Carter Family, country, Western, bluegrass and beyond.

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TRIBORO is: 

Phyllis Elkind (Manhattan)

Phyllis' early influences were the Weavers and Pete Seeger, and the weekly 'hootenanny' at her high school. She has worked as a music teacher for children and taught members of pre-teen rock bands. Phyllis was lead singer in the country Western dance band, "Midnight Rodeo", and brings a lot of great country material to Triboro. She is the founder of the ever popular, "Freddie and the Drumsticks"; a women's rock band. She plays guitar in Triboro and her first and remaining love is singing harmony.

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Don Friedman (Brooklyn)

Don began playing guitar and singing at about 8 years, and realized that he could harmonize at about 9 ("hey, you're not singing the tune!".) He played with a high school rock band, but was particularly influenced by the folk music revival of the 60s. In recent years, Don has been exploring old-time, country and bluegrass music, and enjoys songs with an international flavor. He plays rhythm and lead guitar, a bit of mandolin and is now working on clawhammer style banjo. He served for a number of years  as a jam session leader and a guitar instructor at Vocal Week at the Augusta Heritage Center in West Virginia, and co-teaches a bluegrass harmony singing class at Jalopy in Brooklyn. By day, he is an attorney with an anti-poverty agency on Long Island.

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Evy Mayer (The Bronx)

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Evy is a former social worker who started playing guitar at age 13. As a child she didn't know she was singing harmony, until someone told her that's what she was doing. During high school Evy was in the All City High School Chorus and continued to sing and play folk songs. After a trip to Hawaii in 1989, she started to play ukulele, and fell in love with the instrument. In addition, she plays dumbek and other percussion instruments, and enjoys international music and folk dancing. Evy also performs on and produces albums. The one before "Triboro" and "Harmony x 3" is called "Humor Me!" and presents 17 humorous songs, and she has also produced three albums of rounds. She is enjoying Triboro's musical exploration of Carter family material.

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