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Love That Album Episode 186 - Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"
It's been said that the mark of a great city is how it promotes the arts.
Thinking specifically about busking or street performing, some cities
actively encourage musicians to perform in parks, streets, and other
outdoor surrounds. THAT is a town devoted to the arts.
Welcome to episode 186 of Love that Album.
Cary Baker is a native of Chicago who has had a great career in music
publicity and has worked with some of the most well known bands in
the US during his stint at IRS and Capitol records. However, his
passion has always been with those musicians who performed on street
corners or at markets. He's written a great new book called Down On
The Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music.
He tells a bit about his own origins with buskers and how that led to
much of the work that followed. Many famous artists started out as
buskers before gaining popularity in the more conventional spheres of
the music loving world. The vast majority of busking musicians,
however, continue to perform for years on city streets, with that
being the means to an end. Cary's book is American-centric with a
little bit of a look “across the pond” as Americans call it, but
it's still a fascinating look at the stories behind musicians you
know and many you don't.
Cary joins me to tell some of the stories from the book as well as his own
origins at Maxwell Street Market in Chicago.. We had a great
conversation. This could have gone for a couple of hours, but time
didn't allow for it, but I really love what's there, and hope you do
too.
This is the documentary that we discuss in the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQJyYJuoVn8
Check out Cary's website at https://www.carybaker.com/
If you’ve been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a
favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show
exists. If you don't enjoy the show, tell your adversaries to tune
in. We don't care who listens.....
Love That Album is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts.
Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com
You can send me feedback at [email protected] (written or mp3
voicemail) or join the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum
You can download the show by searching for Love That Album on whatever podcast app you favour (except Spotify).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's been said that the mark of a great city is how it promotes the arts.
Thinking specifically about busking or street performing, some cities
actively encourage musicians to perform in parks, streets, and other
outdoor surrounds. THAT is a town devoted to the arts.
Welcome to episode 186 of Love that Album.
Cary Baker is a native of Chicago who has had a great career in music
publicity and has worked with some of the most well known bands in
the US during his stint at IRS and Capitol records. However, his
passion has always been with those musicians who performed on street
corners or at markets. He's written a great new book called Down On
The Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music.
He tells a bit about his own origins with buskers and how that led to
much of the work that followed. Many famous artists started out as
buskers before gaining popularity in the more conventional spheres of
the music loving world. The vast majority of busking musicians,
however, continue to perform for years on city streets, with that
being the means to an end. Cary's book is American-centric with a
little bit of a look “across the pond” as Americans call it, but
it's still a fascinating look at the stories behind musicians you
know and many you don't.
Cary joins me to tell some of the stories from the book as well as his own
origins at Maxwell Street Market in Chicago.. We had a great
conversation. This could have gone for a couple of hours, but time
didn't allow for it, but I really love what's there, and hope you do
too.
This is the documentary that we discuss in the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQJyYJuoVn8
Check out Cary's website at https://www.carybaker.com/
If you’ve been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a
favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show
exists. If you don't enjoy the show, tell your adversaries to tune
in. We don't care who listens.....
Love That Album is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts.
Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com
You can send me feedback at [email protected] (written or mp3
voicemail) or join the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum
You can download the show by searching for Love That Album on whatever podcast app you favour (except Spotify).
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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