Susana Martinez sits in Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montréal in 2019. (Piyusha Chatterjee) August 14, 2022 Street performers in Montréal are being displaced and excluded Piyusha Chatterjee, Concordia University Longtime street performers in Old Montréal, a popular site for busking, feel as though the city is getting rid of them.
www.shutterstock.com December 17, 2020 No spare change: how charities, buskers and beggars aren’t feeling so festive in our cashless society Spencer M. Ross, UMass Lowell and Sommer Kapitan, Auckland University of Technology Christmas is traditionally a time of giving, including to charities and the needy. But what happens when so few of us carry cash anymore?
Emblues Beer Band in the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Daniel Bacchieri March 8, 2020 All the world’s a stage - buskers can make it big in a connected world Daniel Bacchieri, Monash University Busking has long been a way for musicians to gain performance experience and garner a following. Digital platforms are powerful tools that can transmit local artists to global audiences.