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Basic Folk 148 – Eliza Gilkyson
Powered by RedCircle Eliza Gilkyson is a middle child, a constant reinventor of herself and a surprise teacher of songwriting. Her father, the acclaimed folk singer/songwriter Terry Gilkyson, moved his family to California in the late 1940’s to pursue a career in folk music. He found success with his group The Easy Riders and as…
Read MoreBasic Folk 147 – MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger
Powered by RedCircle It’s hard to put into words why I love MC Taylor so much, but I know when it started. His band, Durham’s Hiss Golden Messenger, stopped by to play live at WYEP in Jan of 2017. They were the first band I interviewed after Tr*mp was inaugurated. Like a lot of people…
Read MoreBasic Folk 146 – Brad Kolodner
Powered by RedCircle Once Baltimore claw-hammer banjoist, radio host and community organizer Brad Kolodner got a banjo in his hands, it was game over. Brad has previously played the cello in the school orchestra and had held a strong interest in sports, but his true passion for old time was realized at Meadowlark Music camp…
Read MoreBasic Folk 145 – Miko Marks
Powered by RedCircle Miko Marks’ story starts in Flint, MI where she was immersed in music, specifically country music (Loretta Lynn and Kenny Rogers were in heavy rotation) and in the music found in Black church at the Church of God in Christ. As a young girl, she first sang live in that church and…
Read MoreBasic Folk 144 – Dori Freeman
Powered by RedCircle Dori Freeman is an Appalachian woman using her music to break the stereotype of her region, which specifically is her town of Galax, VA – where she was born and still lives. Dori’s new album, Ten Thousand Roses, is a celebration of layered sound, beautiful drums and lyrics from an evolving songwriter.…
Read MoreBasic Folk 143 – Valerie June
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Valerie June 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! Links talked about in the intro: New roots: Black musicians and advocates are forging coalitions outside the system by…
Read MoreBasic Folk 142 – Erin McKeown track x track
Powered by RedCircle Ok I think that Erin McKeown was really into this conversation solely because it allowed her/them to dig deep into the new record Kiss Off Kiss. Halfway through the interview, Erin proclaimed how fun it was to get to address each track… I concur! It was very fun. KoK was funded through…
Read MoreBasic Folk 142 – Mary Gauthier
Powered by RedCircle Mary Gauthier‘s book, Saved By A Song, is a must-read for all humans with feelings that need feeling. Gauthier has been writing and recording songs since the early 90’s, but she actually started her music career relatively late at age 30. She had grown up as an adopted child in Thibodaux, Louisiana,…
Read MoreBasic Folk 140 – Buffalo Nichols
Powered by RedCircle Carl Nichols (aka Buffalo Nichols) found out that he liked playing guitar way more than anything else when he was around 12 years old. He took his older sister’s guitar (what? she wasn’t using it) and started obsessively learning to play. He’d listen to songs 200 times in a row to get…
Read MoreBasic Folk: neath the banner of the Black eclectic
Powered by RedCircle This special episode of Basic Folk features Allison Russell, Jake Blount, Kaïa Kater, and guest host Lizzie No in a roundtable conversation about Black artists in folk music. Black musicians are more visible than ever in the roots music space, but they continue to face unique challenges from tokenizing placements on festival…
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