Busking banjo player Zoe performs a traditional tune.

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.

Local musician Ryan Barrington Cox—perhaps best known as a member of Asheville-based band If You Wannas—performs an original tune in front of the Iron sculpture.

Traveling busker John “Lightning” Aitchek covers this classic Grateful Dead song in front of Malaprop’s.

Danville, PA-based band House With A Yard perform their original tune “Love Like A Cigarette” a very windy day.