Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's common in cities around the world, and musician Ed Sheeran recently caused a stir for doing it in India. So what is busking?

The ancient art of busking, performing in a public place for voluntary donations, dates back to the Romans, although the word "busking" only began pulling in a crowd in the English language in the mid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While performing to a small crowd in India's tech capital on Sunday afternoon, British singer Ed Sheeran was cut off by police who ...

Street performing, or busking, is a profession that dates back to antiquity. Before recording technology and personal electronics, it was a principal form of income for many performance artists. Still ...

JEWEL: (Singing) These foolish games are... MARTÍNEZ: B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran and Jewel all began their careers as street musicians, busking for spare change. A new book explores a ...

On the afternoon of the 25th of last month at 2 p.m., an outdoor stage in front of the Myeongdong Theater in Jung-gu, Seoul. A speaker installed nearby blared the OST from Netflix’s popular animation ...

SEATTLE — For decades performers of all kinds have transformed street corners of Pike Place Market into stages and have inspired millions of visitors from all over the world. “Pike Place is the most ...

Subway performers have become the thing of New York City folklore. But as a result of many recent crackdowns and arrests around NYC, a lot of musicians are opting to audition for an affiliation with ...

Dash Hause sits on the sidewalk at the corner of North Tennessee and East Louisiana streets in the Historic Downtown McKinney Square. “How would you like to hear the greatest love song you’re ever ...

A section of Lisbon Street in Lewiston will close to make way for the city's second annual busking events featuring music, ...

SINGAPORE: At 8.45pm on a Friday in March, in an open-air square at One Holland Village, 29-year-old Bryan Wong calls out to passers-by.