Bath Buskers Ban threat

Buskers near the cathedral close in Hereford.

"Bath buskers face amplification ban", reports the WDP (http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/)
after the abbey rector, Rev. Edward Mason, abandoned choral evensong recently, allegedly because of the raucous playing outside. 
The Council is promising a crack down, the former director of music Rev. Mason says he is "weeping for a city ruined by the clamour of music" and buskers are becoming bitter.
Nothing new there. . . except the threatened implementation of new anti-social behaviour legislation.
It could be turning nasty.

Abergavenny Food Fest

Busy streets and a great audience for a busk on Saturday afternoon. Having played here alone on a quiet Market Day in the past, Saturday was bangin'.

As the afternoon wore on there was a marked preference for R&B. we worried about the lady in the charity shop next door, but she was happy enough: seems to be bringing in the customers," she said. 

 Yesterday was also an opportunity to launch our new name - Saxophony.

Birmingham buskers

Buskers were few, far between and of dubious quality when we were in town this week. Mostly lone trumpeters, deprived of a backing track by the City authorities attitude towards amps. The guys scuttled through their scales, tunelessly.
The City offers restrictive licences to buskers, insists on limiting playing to a few locations, but seemed happy enough for the delightful Passenger to play in his roped-off little area last May.