Busker Lyle Rickards entertains a group downtown. Street performers have "lost a lot of ground in Asheville,” he said. // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego By John Reinan, avlwatchdog.org Asheville ...

It is often said that, culturally, Asheville punches above its weight. Before my wife and I moved here four years ago, I thought that referred to the Biltmore Estate, the Asheville Symphony, and the ...

JEWEL: (Singing) These foolish games are... MARTÍNEZ: B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, Ed Sheeran and Jewel all began their careers as street musicians, busking for spare change. A new book explores a ...

[Editor's Note: The annual $30-per-busker fee was incorrect in the original version of this article.] In Pike Place Market, there are certain rhythms and sounds, of fish throwers' calls and shoppers' ...

Street musicians are the producers of sidewalk melodies, the authors of the soundtrack of our cities. There is a unique interrelation between buskers and fans that occurs only in the streets, with no ...