The Busking Project CIC — busk.co
A not for profit organisation that gives street performers access to Cashless Payments, helps them get hired for events and to sell their music straight to their audience’s phones.
buskers.guide — buskers.guide
An archive of knowledge about the busking world
Street Music Research Unit — street-music-research.com
A collection of academics from a wide range of disciplines who research (or have researched) the topic of street performance.
5-4 Podcast: a research project
This podcast was created by three lawyers to demonstrate how much the USA’s Supreme Court ‘sucks’. I’m currently trying to create a companion website based on their content (I am not affiliated with them in any way). (Link incoming)
The Busking Project (book)
This coffee-table book was the result of our round-the-world trip in 2011, where we filmed and interviewed hundreds of performers in 40 cities in 30 countries on 5 continents over a period of just 10 months. Buy the iBook here.
How Buskers Changed the World (Work in Progress)
I’m currently writing the world’s first book exploring the cultural impact of street performance, focusing both on its historical influence and why it is still so powerful a force in our cities today. (Link incoming)
Mailing List
I write about the topic of street performance often for The Busking Project’s users, which you can see by signing up here.
YouTube Channel — youtube.com/thebuskingproject
Hundreds of videos of street performances and interviews with buskers, from our 2011 film trip. Here’s a sample: