Busker Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

If you’re going to busk with a flute, might as well make it unusual

I have no idea where this video was shot, but you have to give this busker props for finding a

This clip of a Toronto busker is more than five years old, but it’s started to circulate once again. If

How many times do you pass a busker without even hearing what they’re singing and playing? This woman singing on

Hotel rooms must get very boring when you’re on tour. Maybe that’s why Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top decided to

Fifty years ago today, Muhammed Ali refused induction into the US Army. He was stripped of his championship and his

In Halifax today. Must. Have. Lobster. And now, in music news… Here’s a good Monday timesuck: learn to play a

If you’re the kind who believes that live music enhances public spaces will love what happened to this guy in

If you’re a busker (or if you just like to take your electric guitar camping), you’ll know how cumbersome it

…when he sees this busker. He decided to join in. The busker looks decidedly freaked out as the Steven Tyler

This guy was spotted in Strasbourg, France. Listen to the voice! (Via UPROXX)

If this had been around when Jack White was thinking about the White Stripes, he wouldn’t have needed Meg. Read

Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver