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Well, it's one way to shift tickets

by Jasper ReesThursday, 25 February 2010

Busking is a broad church. From the dipsomaniac tin-whistler to the music college prodigy to the factory-model Dylanologist, pavements and pedestrian tunnels echo and thrum to freelance musical output of every stripe. The genuinely world-class performer tends to pass the cap around a little less often.

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