James Morrison busks in Birmingham UK's High Street in order to raise money for Birmingham City Centre Partnership's Alternative Giving Scheme. Video footage by The Birmingham Post. View the full story at birminghampost.net: http://tinyurl.com/5fqvj6 http://www.birminghampost.net [ More Detail ]
James Morrison busks in Birmingham UK's High Street in order to raise money for Birmingham City Centre Partnership's Alternative Giving Scheme. Video footage by The Birmingham Post. View the full story at birminghampost.net: http://tinyurl.com/5fqvj6 http://www.birminghampost.net [ More Detail ]
This video is the John Butler Trio in Santa Monica, California February '07. SOund Quality isnt the best but, Its still awesome to see them busking.The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots/jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. Two of the band's albums — Three (2001) and Living 2001-2002 (2003) — have gone platinum in Australia and reached the top ten of the Australian album charts in those years. The 2004 album Sunrise Over Sea debuted at number one on the Australian charts on March 15, 2004 reaching gold record status in its first week on sale. Their next and latest release, entitled Grand National, was released on March 27, 2007. The band's releases are marketed independently by Jarrah Records which John Butler co-owns with West Australian folk band the Waifs.The band won an ARIA award for "Best Independent Release" for Three in 2001 and again for Grand National in 2007 and has been nominated for three others. Three was released in the U.S. in 2002 and the John Butler Trio toured the U.S. in that year supporting the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer.John Butler was born on April 1, 1975 in Torrance, California from an Australian father and American mother. He was named after his paternal grandfather, a forestry worker who died in 1952 while fighting a bushfire in Nannup, Western Australia. He moved to the small Western Australian town of Pinjarra on January 26, 1986 when he was eleven.At sixteen, he started to learn the guitar and his grandmother gave him his grandfather's 1930s dobro guitar. This guitar was to be presented to the first grandchild to learn the guitar, as none of his grandfather's children took up the guitar. It is still one of John Butler's most treasured possessions.In 1996, John Butler attended Curtin University in Perth studying to be an art teacher. At Curtin University, he learned open finger tuning which allowed him to play Celtic and Indian music. He started busking on the streets of Perth where his home grown compositions received a strong response. In mid 1996, he released a self-recorded cassette of his own instrumental compositions called Searching for Heritage which eventually sold 3,000 copies in Perth. By the end of 1996, he had dropped out of Curtin University to pursue a musical career and started playing at open mic nights.Phil Stevens, a local music promoter and later to become John Butler's manager, was one of the people who bought Searching for Heritage. He offered Butler his first residency every second Tuesday at the North Fremantle bar, 'Mojos', which he owned in 1998. John Butler further built his fan base at these gigs and by the end of 1998, he was planning his first professionally recorded album.With Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass, the first version of the John Butler trio recorded the John Butler album in December 1998 which was launched at Mojos. The band toured throughout Western Australia in 1999. The Waifs invited John Butler solo to perform on their Australian tour and he also performed his own gigs. The John Butler Trio then launched its own tour where John met his future wife Danielle Caruana in Broome.The John Butler Trio released the JBT EP in April 2000 as an attempt to put out three to four songs that would be short enough to win radio play. Triple J picked up "Pickapart" and put it on high rotation. The band also developed a reputation on the east coast of Australia with a stunning performance at the East Coast Blues &Roots Music Festival in Byron Bay in 2000. The John Butler Trio has become a fixture at this event. [ More Detail ]
The Dodge Brothers (Mark Kermode, Mike Hammond, Aly Hirji, Alex Hammond) Busking Challenge on The Culture Show BBC2 competing against Frank Black (Francis), Moby, Roisin Murphy, Futureheads, Shins. Who can make the most money in 15 minutes on the street. Filmed in Covent Garden. [ More Detail ]
Roisin Murphy performs live acoustic "Overpowered" at Westa Piazza , Covent Garden ,London , UK - 25 Februar 2008 r.(Busking Challenge)Piosenka "Overpowered" Roisin Murphy na żywo akustycznie na Westa Piazza na Covent Garden w Londynie 25 lutego 2008 r. [ More Detail ]
Róisín Murphy performs her track 'Overpowered' at West Piazza, Covent Garden.Her performance was filmed for the BBC's Culture Show's Busking Challenge (due to air on 22nd March). Sorry for shaking the camera so much during Overpowered.Overpowered, the single and album are in stores now. [ More Detail ]
Róisín Murphy performs her upcoming single 'You Know Me Better' at West Piazza, Covent Garden.Her performance was filmed for the BBC's Culture Show's Busking Challenge (due to air 22nd March). A couple of mobiles went off during YKMB, mine included... (oops)You Know Me Better is out now and is taken from the new album Overpowered, also available in stores. [ More Detail ]
www.theherald.co.uk Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall gives a treat to the passing Glasgow public by performing a selection of her hits at the top of Buchanan Street. [ More Detail ]
Street Entertaining with Piano Accordion in the beautiful Cathedral City of Hereford (England) at a Victorian Christmas Street Market. I'm quite used to busking with automatic street organs (mechanical organs being my main hobby), but playing the accordion in this situation is still quite new! Indeed it's only two and a bit years since I first picked up an accordion (bought an old one at a car boot sale!), or any keyboard instrument for that matter, and being completely self-taught practice I had to fit around a busy university study schedule. Anyway, despite the bitterly cold temperatures all day, I gave it my best shot, and have edited together this video from footage taken by my father for you all to enjoy in the warm comfort of indoors!I've not long had this particular accordion (a couple of weeks), which is a beautiful Crucianelli 120-bass Italian Piano Accordion, this being the first time out. As well the lovely traditional musette sound from the internal reeds in the usual way, the instrument now has a brand new MIDI system fitted, which through use of a Roland accordion expander enables hundreds of sounds to be synthesised in real time to add great variety to the music produced. One can also turn off the actual treble and/or bass reeds to have purely electronic sounds for melody, chords or bass, or naturally use as a traditional acoustic instrument with no electronics at all, so the possibilities are endless. (see my other videos for one giving a quick demo of the electronics on this accordion).Note the mains electricity to power my accordion electronics, MIDI expander and amplifier was all coming from a quite remarkable 'Powerchest' unit, housed in the rugged aluminium flight case to the left me. These Powerchest devices, usually made in more domestic 'black box' enclosures, are made for the domestic market to ensure continuity of supply to all sorts of appliances around the home in the event of power cuts, faults or low voltage periods, though in this instance they are brilliant for using standard studio audio equipment for busking in the street in stand-alone form (the one unit lasted me all day!). For more info emails sales[at]powerchest[dot]comThe order of pieces I play on this video is as follows...Gold &Silver Waltz (Franz Lehar) [Duet with Street Organ]Gold &Silver [Accordion only] -- though this was more like 'Cold &Shivering Waltz'!!!Serenade No. 13 (Carl Frei, you'd have to be a Dutch Street Organ fan to know this!)The Birdie Song (aka 'The Chicken Dance' in the US)How much is that Doggy in the WindowUnder the Bridges of ParisOh SusannaSanta Claus is Coming to Town (nice dance moves there by my stand-in assistant!)Lara's ThemeSwannee RiverCamptown RacesMemory (from 'Cats')Hope you enjoy listening as much as I do playing! [ More Detail ]
Barry, Rog, &Mike busking again on Grafton St. Dublin - This time with the classic Breakast at Tiffanys (with the added bonus of a shop alarm) [ More Detail ]
Raine Maida was busking on the streets of Toronto on Thursday October 25th in an attempt to raise $30,000 to rebuild a school in the Congo, in partnership with War Child Canada. He played songs from his forthcoming release "The Hunter's Lullaby". [ More Detail ]
Was sitting in a park in Brighton when i heard the usual busking going on, Closer inspection of said buskers revealed that they were children........... Not only that but they were shit hot and ive never seen so much money going in to a hat............ They would make an absolute killing on the Southbank [ More Detail ]
Accidental Busking with Sean O Donnell. They were playing for fun, but some Fleadh visitors helped towards Neals next set of strings! Off to California/Denis Murphys. Playing in the street during a lull at the Tullamore Fleadh in Aug 07. Sean is a box player from USA. Both lads were on their first visit to Ireland. [ More Detail ]
Jason Turk recently busking at the Farmer's Market in Lismore, Co Waterford...Jason is a very versatile musician who can play both Irish &classical music. [ More Detail ]