Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, and guitarist Alexander Orlov from her band Stoptime, who were detained after publicly performing songs banned by the ...

Authorities in St. Petersburg released street musicians Diana Loginova and Alexander Orlov after a month in custody, local outlet Fontanka reported Sunday, citing two sources. St. Petersburg police ...

On June 6, NOLA.com writer Chelsea Brasted published a piece that interviewed musicians and others about how musicians are (or should be) paid when they play on Frenchmen Street. The musicians she ...

Dozens of young people wave their phone flashlights and sing along with a teen as she belts out lyrics and plays her keyboard outside a subway station. It’s a scene that regularly plays out in cities ...

Members of Stoptime band were arrested multiple times Reports say Loginova left Russia after being released on Sunday Russia, at war, has cracked down on all forms of dissent Nov 24 (Reuters) - Two ...

Have you been on Frenchmen Street lately and heard the brass band? Remember that big lot on the corner of Frenchmen and Chartres where the brass band used to play every night? It’s gone. In its place ...

After a restless night of protest, downtown Spokane resonated with street music of all sorts with the purpose of feeding the hungry. “People are expressing their views, and the musicians are out here ...

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned anti-Kremlin songs received more jail time on Wednesday, as authorities ...