Chris Brain is a folk singer from Leeds, whose latest album, New Light, and engaging live shows have been causing ripples throughout folk circles and beyond. Chris’s songs have a pastoral warmth to ...

Oxford City Council says results from a consultation will help inform the future of busking in the city.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Busking is a street performance, defined as "the act or practice of entertaining by dancing, singing, juggling, etc., on the street or in a public place," according to Dictionary.com. Some musicians ...

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 ...