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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
Listen Now:
0:00/1:34
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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