Have you seen more buskers singing as its nearly Christmas?

[b]Yes, I recall they were illegal in London, too, but most bobbies turned a blind eye to it so long as they didn't jam the pathway, I heard. I know no-one ever stopped any I saw. Heck, how Scroogey is it anyway to prevent someone making a bit of harmless money during the holidays, while making life a bit brighter with music? Especially in the current economy! They should lift the ban at least near the holidays! Maggiepie STALKERS WILL BE EATEN!...^..^

Hiya jugsjugs, Well you are right but without going into Politics because this is where all these restrictions are coming from. Around the Streets here all year round there were People from other Countries too playing Music. A Russian Girl used to play here she played the Violin and she played it so beautifully that it would bring tears to your eyes. You could not fail to be moved by this wonderful Music. There was certainly no playback here she only had a Speaker to make the Music go further. She made a bit of Money but got a lot of applause and appreciation. Since all this restriction thing has come about I have not seen or heard her again. I just hope that someone has recognised her talent and taken her under their wing so to speak. There was also a wonderful Guitar player who sang and played Flamenco with another lad have not seen him either.

They are people that sing in the street and people give them money.

[b]They exist here in Austin, Texas...but then, Austin, like Memphis. Tennessee, is well known for being musician-friendly. It's just heart-breaking, to me, to hear others here say their areas have lost the privilege of hearing music in the open air! Maggiepie STALKERS WILL BE EATEN!...^..^

Really! We don't have any of those here that i know of. This is a capitol city but not that big I guess.

Yes they are street musicians and let me tell you they are really good ones this year where as last year they were rather rubbish.

we have them in some of our largest cities and some are really very good and some rather mediocre. silly but I really dont know if we give them a name or not, to me they are street musicians.

I checked on Wikipedia, and yes, buskers are street performers, and it likened them to also people who play at piano bars. When I visited Seattle there were buskers, I guess, street musicians in Pikes Market, and they say Robin Williams got his start that way.