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

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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