Ballads are quintessential story-telling. Growing up with Marty Robbins and Jim Croce, among countless others, the art of pervading emotion is lifelong but seldom found. Busker is an artist’s plea, in a way. I once found a video of a man in Dublin, Ireland playing on a street corner, in the rain merely to try and make a dollar. He had a wife and new baby at home and did his best to make ends meet. While the circumstances might not be as dire for everyone, there’s a heartbeat everyone can feel.