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Street musicians busked for tourists, scooters and cars flew by, and dog walkers filed past Hætta’s temporary home.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

"One of my mates suggested that I went and busked for it, because they knew I could sing."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021

He performed not only in pubs but busked outside of subway stations and retail stores.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021

Tornai has busked as a street musician and worked in beloved Seattle kitchens, including Stateside and Café Presse — but said this experience will alter the trajectory of her life.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2020

In the garden they busked them in cloaks of skin, And so went up to the franklin sitting there within.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora