Traveling buskers Kevin (resonator guitar) and Greg (banjo) perform an original tune in front of the Woolworth Walk.

Traveling buskers Kevin (resonator guitar) and Greg (banjo) perform an original tune in front of the Woolworth Walk.
Traveling busking band Damn Girl! in front of the Woolworth Walk.
Busker Liam McKay performs his original tune “Dignity” in front of the Iron sculpture.
Local buskers Ben and Jeff improvise on sax and cajón in front of the Woolworth Walk.
Local Baltic-music-loving band—and Busk Break alums—Balkan Death Grip perform their version of “Mesecina” near the Woolworth Walk.
Local jazz band Big Nasty cover this classic Boswell Sisters tune.
Busking banjo player Zoe performs a traditional tune.
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.
Traveling buskers Abby the Spoon Lady and Jimbo Lockhart perform a classic mountain ballad.
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.
Hammered dulcimer player Mary Sparks is joined by guitarist Donovan Punch for this improv in E in front of Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe.
Local busker Rain Love performs her version of this classic tune by The Cranberries on a very windy day.
New Orleans-based busker One-Man Rubber-Band performs his original tune.
Traveling buskers Tomcat Wyatt Yurth and The Notrious Norma Jean perform their original tune “Move Along” near Pritchard Park.
Fiddle player Arwen and Dobro player Dustin play their jazzed-up version of this traditional Finnish folk song.
Dobro player (and Busk Break alum) Dustin is joined by violin player Arwen for this classic, yet strangely resonant-in-these-modern-times tune.
Mike and Darren perform this original song—with a little dance help from one of their girlfriends—near Woolworth Walk.
Pennsylvania based musicians Alec and Bob—both of “rogue folk” band Vermin Supreme, American Hero, perform their song “Of Hawks, Jackals and Honeybadgers”
Asheville-based fiddler Sarah Phoenix Noël performs the traditional Irish reel “Drowsy Maggie.”
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.
Local musicians Kevin, Brian and Cole perform their version of this traditional tune.