‘Nomadic’ band takes music to Vietnam capital street

In the past two years, a group of youths have performed music on a street in downtown Hanoi on Sundays to share with one another and passers-by their passion for music and the boundless joys it brings.

On 4pm every Sunday, with only some three or four members and with only some guitars and drums, they begin their performance, singing out their hearts and gathering crowds around them. There're times when they perform until 9pm.

Some 30 regular members and several irregular ones all bear in mind the band’s golden rule “Don’t sing for money, never mention money, or ask audiences for money.”

“We come from different walks of life, but whenever we raise and harmonize our voices, all gaps are bridged. Music also brings us and passers-by much closer together,” shared member Hoang Yen, a student of Banking Academy.

Hoang Bao Khanh, 24, who is working at a photo studio, came up with the idea of forming the band and gathered the members.

With their performing venue located in downtown Hanoi, the band’s music has been enjoyed by some thousands of locals and tourists in the past two years.

Foreigners also join them sometimes, they borrow the band’s instruments and perform songs from their countries.

In return, the group fascinates their foreign audiences with Vietnam’s folk songs.

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