Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Media about Busking

Film
http://www.storybids.com/marketplace/262.html
Busking the System
feature length documentary about Subway musicians, or Buskers, in New York City

Book
Underground Harmonies: Music and Politics in the Subways of New York by Susie J. Tanenbaum

Article
Kaki King at confluence of the L, F, and V lines below 14th Street and Sixth Avenue
Kaki King's Busker Therapy
Guileless dervish emerges from the subway, (real-life) guitar in hand
By Rob Trucks
Tuesday, March 18th 2008 at 1:34pm

http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-03-18/music/kaki-king-s-busker-therapy/


Radio
A violinist and classical toy pianist who busk
http://soundprint.org/streamIt.php?stream=documentaries/b/busker_and_diva.rm

Journalism
Notes from the Underground
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0309.thompson.html
What the ailing record industry can learn from a successful subway musician
"I make more money down there per hour than I do as a journalist."

1 comment:

Michelle said...

More Journalizm about busking:
http://media.www.yuobserver.com/media/storage/paper989/news/2008/11/24/Features/Better.Than.The.Train.New.York.Citys.Subway.Musicians-3559912.shtml