Al writes to me that he “love(s) the authenticity of street performing, it tells you the brutal truth about your performance and teaches you how to improve.”

“Busking allows you to have a lot of interactions with the audience and to make them part of the show,” she explains to me. “There’s a bit of magic when it comes to the audience changing.”

Jon B. Woodin (left) and Ryder Cooley (right) are two members of the Dust Bowl Faeries.