street singer

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In the drama, a blind street singer in 1950s Chicago goes to a house on the South Side looking for a woman he once knew.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

“A street singer in my old neighborhood in Queens was someone who wanted everyone to fall in love with the music,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 27, 2018

A self-described street singer who has long earned her keep one day at a time through song, War has since played punk gigs at the Smell and toured with the great Beninese singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2018

The recording topped Sweden’s iTunes chart, other musicians began recording cover versions, Johnson played it, by request, at all of her shows, and a nation clamored for the arrival of a Nashville street singer.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2014

Luther is said to have wept tears of joy when he heard it sung by a street singer outside his window in Wittenberg.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin