Basic Folk 157 – Brent Cobb

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Brent Cobb on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! Georgia-born Brent Cobb is a true blue southern Gospel country artist. His music career kicked off when he shared a demo tape with Dave…

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Basic Folk 156 – Suz Slezak

Powered by RedCircle Suz Slezak is one half of the extremely talented, thoughtful and kind folk band David Wax Museum. Suz, along with her husband David, have been touring and performing their Mexican inspired, Americana folk act since 2009. Along the way, the two got married, had a couple of kids and settled pretty finely…

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Basic Folk 155 – Maya De Vitry, track by track

Powered by RedCircle Maya De Vitry released her third solo record, Violet Light, earlier this year and I, for one, am happy that my fiancée has a new Maya record to play endlessly in our house. Lol j/k. I love Maya and this album is perfect. Maya’s originally from Lancaster, where she lived and met…

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Basic Folk 154 – Joy Oladokun

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Joy Oladokun on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! The Arizona-born Joy Oladokun grew up listening to her dad’s extensive record collection and falling in love with the…

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Basic Folk Presents: American Songcatcher

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by sharing an episode in our feed! American Songcatcher with Nicholas Edward Williams, is an independent audio documentary-style podcast hosted by the folk musician and music history enthusiast. Each episode has five stories: starting with one…

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Basic Folk 153 – Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats

Powered by RedCircle Fruit Bats have been on the indie rock radar since the early 00’s, so I’d say that calls for a double album compilation documenting their 20 years of music! However, the brains behind FBs and it’s only regular member, Eric D. Johnson, is a man who tends to solely look forward. Thankfully…

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Basic Folk 152 – Anaïs Mitchell Track x Track

Powered by RedCircle Anaïs Mitchell goes track by track through her new self titled release (out now!) and holy smokes what a volcano of an album! It’s been a decade since she last released an album’s worth of new material and since then, Mitchell’s been keeping very busy with the game-changing Tony Awards winning Broadway…

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Basic Folk 151 – Erin Rae

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Erin Rae on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! Singer-songwriter Erin Rae grew up in Jackson, Tennessee, which might ring a bell for our listeners because Valerie June…

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Basic Folk 150 – Aoife O’Donovan

Powered by RedCircle BASIC FOLK 150 EPISODES WOO!!! Ok ok ok… for our 150th episode, we are so pleased to welcome Aoife O’Donovan to the pod. Aoife’s new album Age of Apathy is out now! This is her third solo record after years of performing with her bands I’m With Her (along with Sara Watkins…

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Basic Folk 149 – Tré Burt

Powered by RedCircle When Tré Burt was signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019, he was one of only two artists—including label-mate Kelsey Waldon, to join the label in the past 15 years. The Sacramento-born singer/songwriter had released his debut album independently, catching the attention of Prine’s son Jody Whelan, who sent Tré…

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