[Editor's Note: The annual $30-per-busker fee was incorrect in the original version of this article.] In Pike Place Market, there are certain rhythms and sounds, of fish throwers' calls and shoppers' ...

A good street busker can turn a simple song and beat-up acoustic guitar into something strong enough to stop a busy working world for a short listen. Singer/songwriter Martin Sexton has taken this ...

THE MUSIC MAN: Jimmy Clifton is an Asheville-based guitarist who busks downtown regularly. He uses a battery-powered amp and says that although some people have asked him to turn his volume down a few ...

When he was sixteen years old, Gabriel Mayers hoped to impress a crush by teaching himself to play Nirvana’s “Come as You Are” on the acoustic guitar. Now twenty-seven, Mayers makes his living as a ...