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basket house
basket house
A bar, café, or other public venue where musicians perform and are paid only by the collection of money from the audience in a basket or similar receptacle. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Many of the most famous musicians began their careers eking out a living in basket houses around Greenwich Village in New York City.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Marinko | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
| Panos | | - | Greek |
| Titas | | - | Lithuanian |
| Jorma | | YOR-mah | Finnish |
| Venkat | | - | Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam |
| Zora | | - | Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian |