Lilly Hiatt: Driving Tunes and Life Lessons

February 20, 2025

Singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt has an interesting way of working melodies and a down to earth way of telling stories about her life and about how she sees the world. All of her albums have cool, crunchy guitar parts that take folk songwriting to a new rockin’ level. On her new album ‘Forever,’ Hiatt’s diverse influences are woven into songs that touch on everything from relationships to anxiety and mental health to good old-fashioned rock & roll. In our Basic Folk…

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Basic Folk Presents: Songcraft

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Basic Folk 132 – Becca Mancari

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Basic Folk 130 – Rachel Baiman

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Basic Folk 129 – John Hiatt

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Basic Folk 128 – Kishi Bashi

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Basic Folk Presents: Get Up in the Cool with Adam Hurt

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Basic Folk 127 – Alex Cuba

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