Chicago Street Musicians
Updated: Nov 20, 2018
A non-for-profit organization celebrating the lives of Chicago Street Musicians.
Music is all around us on the streets of Chicago.
Learn more about the organization here.
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Your photos of the street performers instantly took me back to a summer afternoon a few years ago when I was wandering down State Street with a notebook in hand, looking for inspiration for a short story. I paused beside a saxophonist whose smooth, bluesy riff seemed to echo off the towering glass windows, and I could feel the rhythm pulling the crowds together like a magnetic force. A little girl danced in front of the performer, her laughter mixing with the music, and for a moment the city felt less like a bustling metropolis and more like a living, breathing concert hall. https://hoo.be/henrythompson I ended up buying a cheap coffee, sitting on the curb, and scribbling notes while the…