|
|
Article: Midnight train to silence: Boston hushes its subway musicians.(USA)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 25, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Seth Stern Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Deep below Harvard Square, beyond rattling turnstiles and the vendors hawking popcorn and roasted nuts, Gary Innocent strums a guitar while softly singing French ballads. His audiences come and go - and come and go - as rumbling red subway trains punctuate his songs.
Mr. Innocent is one of hundreds of subway musicians who are as much a fixture on Boston's underground platforms as the rats which skitter along the tracks and the commuters tugging on hats and gloves as they swarm out of trains.
But next week, much of the crooning will cease, and the only subterranean music may be the ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Strumming in the Subway.(subway musicians popular ...
Newsweek International;
June 23, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... accordion player and karaoke crooner, busking in many places now requires a permit. In Paris, where there are 360 licensed subway musicians, only one in three makes the cut. Rotterdam started giving out busking licenses in 2000. And just last month London ...
|
|