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In this episode, we look at street entertainment through the centuries in and around Covent Garden.

Hosted by

Robbie

Stamp

Sound Editing

Viel

Richardson

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A Tom-Tom Player

Written by

Sarah

Fleming

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

Journalist and social reformer Henry Mayhew interviews Bengali drum players busking on the 19th-Century streets of Victorian London.

Delve Deeper

Read Mayhew’s about street entertainers in London Labour and the London Poor Volume 3 at Gutenberg.org. The Guardian has an article about Mayhew’s books and their impact.

Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

The Sound of a Whole Orchestra

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Teenage Ed Sheeran is practicing his trade in 2010, busking on the streets of Covent Garden.

Delve Deeper

NME has an article about Sheeran learning how to use a loop pedal. Facebook has busker Charlotte Campbell talking about being banned from Facebook. Watch on Charlotte cover a Sheeran song on YouTube.

Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

Busking Changes Everything

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Zak

Ghazi-Torbati

About this story

London busker Stephen Barry is surprised in 2016 when Broadway singer Ramin Karimloo unexpectedly drops by for an impromptu duet in Trafalgar Square.

Delve Deeper

Find out about Ramin Karimloo on his website. See Karimloo and Stephen Barry sing togetheron YouTube.

A Tom-Tom Player

Written by

Sarah

Fleming

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

Journalist and social reformer Henry Mayhew interviews Bengali drum players busking on the 19th-Century streets of Victorian London.

Delve Deeper

Read Mayhew’s about street entertainers in London Labour and the London Poor Volume 3 at Gutenberg.org. The Guardian has an article about Mayhew’s books and their impact.

Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

The Sound of a Whole Orchestra

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Teenage Ed Sheeran is practicing his trade in 2010, busking on the streets of Covent Garden.

Delve Deeper

NME has an article about Sheeran learning how to use a loop pedal. Facebook has busker Charlotte Campbell talking about being banned from Facebook. Watch on Charlotte cover a Sheeran song on YouTube.

Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

Busking Changes Everything

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Zak

Ghazi-Torbati

About this story

London busker Stephen Barry is surprised in 2016 when Broadway singer Ramin Karimloo unexpectedly drops by for an impromptu duet in Trafalgar Square.

Delve Deeper

Find out about Ramin Karimloo on his website. See Karimloo and Stephen Barry sing togetheron YouTube.

A Tom-Tom Player

Written by

Sarah

Fleming

Performed by

Doctor

Shama

Rahman

About this story

Journalist and social reformer Henry Mayhew interviews Bengali drum players busking on the 19th-Century streets of Victorian London.

Delve Deeper

Read Mayhew’s about street entertainers in London Labour and the London Poor Volume 3 at Gutenberg.org. The Guardian has an article about Mayhew’s books and their impact.

Covent Garden Piazza, London, United Kingdom

The Sound of a Whole Orchestra

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Lulu

Freeman

About this story

Teenage Ed Sheeran is practicing his trade in 2010, busking on the streets of Covent Garden.

Delve Deeper

NME has an article about Sheeran learning how to use a loop pedal. Facebook has busker Charlotte Campbell talking about being banned from Facebook. Watch on Charlotte cover a Sheeran song on YouTube.

Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

Busking Changes Everything

Written by

James

Rampton

Performed by

Zak

Ghazi-Torbati

About this story

London busker Stephen Barry is surprised in 2016 when Broadway singer Ramin Karimloo unexpectedly drops by for an impromptu duet in Trafalgar Square.

Delve Deeper

Find out about Ramin Karimloo on his website. See Karimloo and Stephen Barry sing togetheron YouTube.

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