street music and musicians

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street music and musicians

Passing the hat

street performers in America
Discusses buskers in a number of cities, focusing on their reasons for street performing; the dedication, skill, and discipline required to develop an act; and unpleasantries with hasslers and the law.

Keeping time

1983
Drew, a member of a band of street performers in Baltimore, finds himself slipping back in time to sixteenth-century England, where he acquires the strength to deal with his unusual life style.

Songs from Home

1994
In Rome in 1969, after years of being adrift in Europe, eleven-year-old Anna and her father sing in the streets for money, while Anna dreams of having a normal home and family life.

What do you feed your donkey on?

Rhymes from a Belfast childhood
1978
An illustrated collection of traditional rhymes, songs, and street chants from Belfast.

The Bremen-town musicians

1987
A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster meet on the road. Together they decide to become street musicians.
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