Traveling buskers Kevin (resonator guitar) and Greg (banjo) perform an original tune in front of the Woolworth Walk.
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Busk Break: Damn Girl! perform “La Policía”
Traveling busking band Damn Girl! in front of the Woolworth Walk.
Busk Break: Liam McKay performs “Dignity”
Busker Liam McKay performs his original tune “Dignity” in front of the Iron sculpture.
Busk Break: Ben and Jeff improv on sax and cajón
Local buskers Ben and Jeff improvise on sax and cajón in front of the Woolworth Walk.
Busk Break: Balkan Death Grip perform “Mesecina”
Local Baltic-music-loving band—and Busk Break alums—Balkan Death Grip perform their version of “Mesecina” near the Woolworth Walk.
Busk Break: Big Nasty performs “An Evening in Caroline”
Local jazz band Big Nasty cover this classic Boswell Sisters tune.
Busk Break: Zoe performs “The Dying Californian”
Busking banjo player Zoe performs a traditional tune.
Busk Break: Abby the Spoon Lady and Jimbo Lockhart perform “Polly Wolly Doodle”
Buskers Abby the Spoon Lady—one of the very few professional spoon players in the country—and guitarist Jimbo Lockhart perform their version of “Polly Wolly Doodle” near the Iron sculpture in downtown Asheville.
Busk Break: Abby the Spoon Lady and Jimbo Lockhart perform “Old Joe Clark”
Traveling buskers Abby the Spoon Lady and Jimbo Lockhart perform a classic mountain ballad.
Busk Break: Tomás and Derrick perform “Los Abandonados”
Traveling buskers Tomás and Derrick perform a Spanish tune—“Los Abandonados”—in sharp contrast to the Saint Patrick’s Day-garbed crowd watching them near Pack Square.
Busk Break: Mary Sparks and Donovan Punch perform an improv in E
Hammered dulcimer player Mary Sparks is joined by guitarist Donovan Punch for this improv in E in front of Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe.
Busk Break: Rain Love covers “Zombie”
Local busker Rain Love performs her version of this classic tune by The Cranberries on a very windy day.
Busk Break: One-Man Rubber-Band performs “It Looks Like Rain”
New Orleans-based busker One-Man Rubber-Band performs his original tune.
Busk Break: Tomcat Wyatt Yurth and The Notorious Norma Jean
Traveling buskers Tomcat Wyatt Yurth and The Notrious Norma Jean perform their original tune “Move Along” near Pritchard Park.
Busk Break: Dustin and Arwen perform “Metsäkukkia”
Fiddle player Arwen and Dobro player Dustin play their jazzed-up version of this traditional Finnish folk song.
Busk Break: Dustin and Arwen cover “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?”
Dobro player (and Busk Break alum) Dustin is joined by violin player Arwen for this classic, yet strangely resonant-in-these-modern-times tune.
Busk Break: Mike and Darren perform “Undertow”
Mike and Darren perform this original song—with a little dance help from one of their girlfriends—near Woolworth Walk.
Busk Break: Alec and Bob perform “Of Hawks, Jackals and Honeybadgers”
Pennsylvania based musicians Alec and Bob—both of “rogue folk” band Vermin Supreme, American Hero, perform their song “Of Hawks, Jackals and Honeybadgers”
Busk Break: Sarah Phoenix Noël performs “Drowsy Maggie”
Asheville-based fiddler Sarah Phoenix Noël performs the traditional Irish reel “Drowsy Maggie.”
Busk Break: Eric Stephens covers “You’ll Think of Me”
Eric Stephens was one of the very first Asheville-based street performers to appear in the Busk Break series. Nearly two years later, we caught up with him again covering this Keith Urban hit.
Busk Break: Kevin, Brian and Cole perform “Sourwood Mountain”
Local musicians Kevin, Brian and Cole perform their version of this traditional tune.