Busking—A timeless tactic musicians use to play and get their name out there. Most musicians do this to stop doing it, to go to bigger, better, and brighter stages. So, when one makes it to the next ...

Ed Sheeran took to a busy street in southern India this weekend to surprise fans with a live performance but police soon swooped and pulled the plug on the British singer, saying he hadn’t received ...

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?

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 ...

Katie Ferrara performing on the street in Switzerland Credit: (Photo by Daniel Bossart, courtesy Katie Ferrara) Performing music on a street corner to a transient audience sounds like an excruciating ...

Footage from around 2005 shows a pre-fame Paramore hitting the street to perform some of their tunes, the Hayley Williams-led pop-rockers doing what many artists do early on in their career — busking ...

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 ...