For centuries, street singing was considered the lowest form of a musical career. Street musicians—buskers—were looked on as glorified beggars. But cities that once outlawed busking have come to ...
Natalia Paruz, who serenades straphangers with her musical saw, isn’t getting the tips she used to. That was clear on a recent Thursday at the Herald Square station in midtown Manhattan, her ...
Findlay Market is enforcing a long-standing rule prohibiting street performers from playing amplified sound. Violinist Preston Bell Charles III, a longtime Findlay Market performer, stopped playing ...
Walk through Covent Garden on any day of the week and you’ll see magicians, musicians and risky-looking circus acts providing free entertainment for a circle of wide-eyed spectators. “You can make a ...
The Filipino street music scene reached international grounds when The Busking Community PH (TBCPH) held its first overseas showcase in Hong Kong, titled ...