Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, and guitarist Alexander Orlov from her band Stoptime, who were detained after publicly performing songs banned by the ...

One of Cary Baker's favorite memories of growing up in Chicago is when his father took him to Maxwell Street Market, where he was captivated by the sounds of a slide guitar at the hands of local ...

Dozens of young people wave their phone flashlights and sing along with a teen as she belts out lyrics and plays her keyboard outside a subway station. It’s a scene that regularly plays out in cities ...

On June 6, NOLA.com writer Chelsea Brasted published a piece that interviewed musicians and others about how musicians are (or should be) paid when they play on Frenchmen Street. The musicians she ...

Residents, employees of local businesses and visitors know Blue Eyes when they see her. The singer, whose real name is Alicia Renee, usually starts setting up her microphone and amp in front of the ...

The Russian prosecution office opened a case against 18-year-old Diana “Naoko” Loginova, a student at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and vocalist of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime. The ...

Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell, 2023 and 2024's Americana Honors & Awards-winning Artists of the Year, share a background as street-busking musicians who played for tens to hundreds of dollars daily ...

Despite how important street musicians and performers are to New Orleans culture and economy, especially in the French Quarter, the rules dictating where and when they can play are often confusing and ...