The Balladeer is still hanging around and busking. As it gets colder, he's going to take up giving music lessons as well, just for an extra source of income that doesn't involve freezing his fingers off. I'm not sure he totally knows how to handle money and he's probably just got any extra cash he has stuffed in a drawer somewhere so you know best he has some kind of steady gig

Sooner or later someone should show him what YouTube is so he can post dorky acoustic covers of shit there. That'd be adorable. Except he'd also probably post videos about how to play things even though YOU SHOULD BE CHARGING FOR THAT

Everything is okay with him and obviously it will stay that way. Because nothing bad is going to happen. Yep!