NPR journalist A Martinez interviewed Cary Baker on today's Morning Edition about his recent book Down on the Corner. Beginning with Baker's first childhood encounter with street-corner performers, they discuss his exploration of the street performance as a vital node in the history and geography of music.
Among other things, they discuss a fascinating sub-genre of busking that has been gaining wide exposure online: situations in which a famous artist crashes a performance of their work by a busker. In the example cited, it has been an 18-million-view boost to both Levi Mitchell and the more famous musician he was emulating.
The interview ends with the author's thoughts on how to interact with public musicians. My family and I often pause in the way he recomends, and we've had a lot of nice experiences as a result.
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