Resources
Additional information on musicians, street performance, licensing requirements and “Sweet Home Chicago.”
Street Musician Resources
Musician-Specific Links
Scott Dusenberry in Arts & Entertainment Blog by Irish Mae Silvestre
Photographs: A Day in the Life of Martin Saville by Cecile Vannucci
Photographs: Downtown Chicago – The Underground World by Cecile Vannucci
Crystal Bowersox’s Chicago Years
Crystal Bowersox on American Idol
Vimont Brogsdale on Public Radio Exchange
Articles Related To Street Music And Performance
Cecile Vannucci: In Between Trains (Spring 2010)
Time Out Chicago: Subterranean idols (May 2010)
Chicago Street Musicians Survey Results on Wordle (April 2010)
The Columbia Chronicle: Celebrating Street Jams (Mar 2010)
Northwestern | Medill Reports Chicago: High unemployment brings music to the subway (Feb 2010)
Gapers Block: The Tunnel Musicians of Chicago (Jan 2010)
NPR: NPR story on the Soloist (Apr 2009)
Jamie Foxx Portrays Street Musician Nathaniel Ayers in the Soloist
The Columbia Chronicle: Public performers struggle through hard times (Sep 2009)
New Orleans Magazine: Street Musicians (Dec 2008)
Washington Post: Violin Virtuoso Joshua Bell’s Experiment In The DC Metro (Apr 2007)
Boston Globe: Boston Street Musician Gallery (May 2005)
Blogcritics.org: Street Performers Are The Colorful Noise Of Chicago
Licensing In Chicago
City of Chicago Street Performer License Information
To obtain a license to perform in designated Chicago CTA stations, contact the CTA at (312) 836-7000 or stop by the desk on the second floor of their offices at 567 West Lake Street.