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Busker

WTF? 

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

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker

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

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The Busker Who Offers Personalized Songs

October 28, 2017October 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker, Toronto

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

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WTF? 

Wait: What is this Female Busker Singing? [Definitely NSFW]

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker, Portland

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

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One of the Beardy Guys in ZZ Top Went Busking in Finland and No One Noticed

June 21, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Busker, Helsinki, ZZ Top

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

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beatles, Biopic, Busker, Facebook, Gorillaz, Goth, Hipsters, iPod, iTunes, KLF, Madonna, Peter Murphy, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore

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

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, May 9, 2016

May 9, 2016May 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments British Museum, Busker, Classical Music, Courtney Love, Hole, Jukebox, Morrissey, Ozzy Osbourne, Playlist, Punk, Slipknot, Then and Now, Theremin, U2, Valentina Lisitsa, Velvet Underground

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

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Cool! 

Crowd Turns on Man Who Demands That Busker Stop Playing So Loud

April 18, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, Busker, Declan Kelly

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

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Gadgets 

Is This the Ultimate Busker Guitar?

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker, Busking, Guitar

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

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So Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Is Walking Down the Street in Moscow…

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Busker, Moscow, Steven Tyler

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

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Your Awesome Busker Video of the Day

June 16, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker, Strasbourg

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

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Buskers: Check Out Drumstooled

April 30, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Busker, Drumstooled

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

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