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 ...

Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell, 2023 and 2024's Americana Honors & Awards-winning Artists of the Year, share a background as street-busking musicians who played for tens to hundreds of dollars daily ...

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 ...