The Busking Project - Documenting Street Performance Worldwide

  Ever since I first expressed an interest in street performers, people have been sending me links to Pearls Before Breakfast, a Pulitzer Prize winning article by Gene Weingarten. In it, he describes how Joshua Bell, one of the most famous violinists in the world, busked using a $3.5 million Stradivarius in the Washington D.C. [...]

“This guy always draws a crowd and it’s really amazing to see him create a big sound. The song is Secrets by One Republic. You can buy his music on this site. Check it out!” Bryson Andrews, proving you don’t need a million dollar violin to impress people in the street. Buy his songs at [...]

This is the first video that James Hancox has made, and it’s made me quite jealous. Impressed, too! Especially considering the quality of the music. Here’s the description from under the video: KJ is just 14, & has already topped a couple of competitions. Wow. —————————————————————— I was wandering home, & heard a Jimi Hendrix [...]

Rick Lewis: I began performing on the street in 1987. My main living nowadays is as a speaker and entertainer for corporate events (www.breakarule.com), but I still work the street when I can for the love of it. I’ve rolled much of what I learned about people, human behaviour and performance into a message for [...]

Busking around the world is the traditional way. Not for these two. They needed to raise £450 in cash before getting on a plane to do a gig in London. In one day.

Definitely worth the watch! This video seems sped up until you see the lady walking along in the background. A smooth and highly-polished show.

Yes, that’s right, a School of Busking. In the words of the school’s founder, Mario Morris: “We create a fun learning environment, in the shape of an evening course, one to one consultation or master class, we can bring our training course to you as we have done around the World – Cardiff, Cambridge, Milan, [...]