Street performing, or busking, is a profession that dates back to antiquity. Before recording technology and personal electronics, it was a principal form of income for many performance artists. Still ...

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 ...

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 ...

Katie Ferrara performing on the street in Switzerland Credit: (Photo by Daniel Bossart, courtesy Katie Ferrara) Performing music on a street corner to a transient audience sounds like an excruciating ...

NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." JEWEL: (Singing) These foolish games are... MARTÍNEZ: B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, Ed ...

Our kids wanted to travel, so my husband and I encouraged them to earn money to fund trips. We told them we would pay for music lessons, then they could use their skills earn money busking. As street ...

Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell, 2023 and 2024's Americana Honors & Awards-winning Artists of the Year, share a background as street-busking musicians who played for tens to hundreds of dollars daily ...