The theme this week on Stranger Songs is Busking. All the songs have something or other to do with busking – playing music on the street or in places like bus or train stations for whatever passersby might want to throw in the hat or basket or instrument case.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| For Free Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon - Reprise
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| Busking Vagabond Daniel Kahn with Vanya Zhuk - Bulat Blues - Oriente Musik |
| Boy from Old Perlican Ron Hynes - Ron Hynes - Borealis
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| For a Moment (Subway Busker Song) Sue & Dwight - For a Moment - Sue & Dwight
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| Singer of the Sacred Heart Connie Kaldor - Out of the Blue - Coyote Entertainment
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| Gypsy Songman Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - Rhino |
| I Just Fiddle All Day (The Busking Song) Michael ‘Earnie’ Taylor - Folk ‘n’ Western - Laughing Cactus
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| Rough Luck Ray Bonneville - Rough Luck - Prime CD
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| Singin' Man Eric Andersen - Dance of Love and Death - EARecords 
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| The Old Street Singer Kate Wolf - Looking Back at You - Rhino |
| A Nickel for the Fiddler Guy Clark - Old No. 1 - Sugar Hill |
| Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977 Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival - Nemperor |
| No Crowd, No Show Sylvia Tyson - At the End of the Day - Stony Plain
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| Cortelia Clark Ronny Cox - How I Love Them Old Songs: Ronny Cox Sings Mickey Newbury - Bay Sound |
| Buskers Andrew Calhoun - Grapevine - Waterbug |
| On the Street Again, Revisited Marc Nerenberg - Lies, Butterflies, and Tyrants - Marc Nerenberg
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| Wooly Bum Man Bodie Wagner - Vintage - Bodie Wagner |
| The Busker Tom Lewis - Tinker Tailor Soldier Singer - Self Propelled Music
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| Playing Chelsea Hotel Orit Shimoni - Soft Like Snow - MW Music
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| Whiskey on a Sunday The Irish Rovers - Years May Come, Years May Go - MCA
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| The Streets of Old Quebec Bill Staines - Tracks and Trails - Philo |
| Down on the Corner Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys - Fantasy |
| The Berlin Busker’s Polka The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills) - All Day Every Day - Borealis
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Great theme Mike. I had seen so many buskers over the years .. a fixture to many a city. Bringing back a smile and great memory!
8:28 AM, May 29th, 2025