With just over a week in Asheville under his belt, ex-Bay City, Michigan, folk musician Liam McKay already seems to be fitting into the local busking scene quite comfortably. Here, he performs an original tune in front of Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe.
Did you miss the Flying Donkey Cabaret performance at Firestorm Cafe & Books? Particularly their memorable street-parade entrance? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Xpress was there.
Uncle Mountain’s Ryan Furstenberg performs “Sea of Green” in front of the iron sculpture on a very windy day in downtown Asheville.
Asheville-based busker Danny Tetrault performs his original tune “Let Your Hair Down” in front of the iron sculpture.
Uncle Mountain’s Ryan Furstenberg performs “Peace of Mind” in front of the iron sculpture on a very windy day in downtown Asheville. Uncle Mountain perform tonight Megan Jean and the KFB at Bobo Gallery.
Black Mountain-based harpist Andrew Jones performs his original composition “Circus Waltz” in front of the former Flying Frog, on the corner of Battery Park and Haywood Street in downtown Asheville, NC.
Traveling busker Lauren performs her original tune “Song to bring you home” in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville.
Asheville-based busker Samuel W. performs his version of Gurunam Singh’s song “Eyes of the Angels” on a windy winter day in downtown Asheville.
Local busker Mariza performs her original song “Dignity” on an extremely windy and cold day in downtown Asheville.
Asheville-based singer/songwriter Mariza performs her original tune “Little Blue Bird” on the corner of Battery Park and Wall Street on a very cold, windy day.
Asheville-based busker Brett performs his version of the traditional tune “Na Wesyleu, Pry Wekzeri” in front of the iron sculpture on the corner of Wall Street and Battery Park.
Asheviile-based busking violinist Matthew Heckler performs an improv ending in his version of the traditional tune “The Hot Bulgar” in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville.
Traveling busker Trevor Grassi performs a French waltz in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville.
It’s a rare thing to catch a busking musician on their very first outing, but that’s exactly what happened with this performance by recent Asheville arrival Jeremie Schudel. According to Schudel, this is his very first attempt at busking, and one of only a few times he’s ever performed in public. Here’s his original tune “Harvest in May.”
Asheville-based busker Leeda Jones (aka Lyric) performs “Rainfall,” joined by her band, in front of the Woolworth Walk in downtown Asheville.
Recently relocated busking violinist Matthew Heckler and his visiting accordionist friend Trevor Grassi perform their version of Carlos Gardel’s popular tango tune “Por una cabeza” in front of the Woolworth Walk on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville.
Ohio-based busker “Lazy” Louie Clegg performs his version of the Gus Cannon tune “My Money Never Runs Out” in front of Malaprop’s on a cold, snow-covered January afternoon in downtown Asheville.
There are few places in the world where one can casually cross paths with a duo performing original works on didgeridoo and kalyuka/overtone flute. We’re very fortunate that Asheville is one of them. Here we have Andrew Dwyer (on kalyuka) and Davey Bar-Shimon (on didgeridoo) playing their original tune “Magic Kalyuka Monkey Man” near Urban Outfitters on Haywood Street.
Hendersonville-based musician and visual artist Jason Brown performs his version of the traditional tune “Deep Elem Blues” on a late, cold night on Main Street in downtown Hendersonville.
Let’s delve into the Busk Break archives and take a look at an unseen video from late fall. Here, Asheville-based old-time band Cakalachia (Topher Stephens, Emolyn Lyden and Dan Baker) perform their version of the traditional tune “Red Rocking Chair” on the corner of Wall Street and Battery Park in downtown Asheville.
Let’s delve into the Busk Break archives and take a look at an unseen video from late fall. Here, Asheville-based old-time band Cakalachia (Topher Stephens, Emolyn Lyden and Dan Baker) perform their version of the traditional tune “Cluck Old Hen” on the corner of Wall Street and Battery Park in downtown Asheville.
