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Burning Rings Of Fire
“Busker? Don’t even know ‘er!” jokes aside, Toronto’s annual street performer extravaganza is back until Sunday with a new roster of bizarre talents from around the globe. Buskerfest, the last of the...
View ArticlePhotoTO: Busking for Change
Yesterday more than fifty musicians came out onto Toronto’s streets to busk in support of War Child’s Busking for Change event. Despite intermittent downpours, the performers were entertaining small...
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Didgeridoo It to Me One More Time
Is the didgeridoo the new cheap guitar? That could be the case among Toronto’s street musicians, as evidenced by these shots at Kensington Market’s monthly Pedestrian Sunday and, yesterday, on the...
View ArticleYouth Charity Tries to End a Contentious Transit Week on a High Note
Why the TTC will be full of singing teenagers on Friday, but that's a good thing. Be sure to bring some extra change if you’re taking a TTC trip tomorrow. No, there hasn’t been a fare increase secretly...
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The Lemon Bucket Orkestra: Busting Busking Barriers
We talk to a couple members of Toronto's only "Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Punk-Super-Party-Band," the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, about their transition from local offbeat buskers to international folk...
View ArticleTurbo Street Funk, Explained
Local busk-funk heroes talk about how they started, how they pick their songs, and what happens next. When trombonist Daniel Walsh started Turbo Street Funk with a group of friends from York...
View ArticleTVCITY: Violin Prophet
Torontoist presents TVCITY, presenting cinematic views of city life. Street violinist Ezra Azmon is the son of Holocaust survivors, and he was born on a kibbutz in Israel. Though he studied violin with...
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Should Busking Be Banned at Yonge and Dundas?
Two Torontoist contributors square off on the issue.In Torontoist vs. Torontoist, two contributors face off to debate a current issue, idea, or event. Photo by inventor_77 from the Torontoist Flickr...
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