It’s 2024 recap time on Basic Folk! Cindy & Lizzie dive into a most special year-end reflection, featuring highlights from our honest conversations with folk musicians. We revisit THE top episode of the year, Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin‘s insightful discussion on navigating artistic challenges and living a simple life. Cindy shares her favorite episode featuring her co-host Lizzie No talking about her career-defining album, Halfsies (our 250th episode!). In turn, Lizzie’s favorite honest convo came from Leyla McCalla onboard…
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Basic Folk 91 – Samantha Crain
Powered by RedCircle Samantha Crain had a hell of a time in the summer of 2017. She had just released…
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Basic Folk 90 – Izzy Heltai: “Father” Track by Track
Powered by RedCircle We got to know Izzy Heltai on episode 27 of Basic Folk where he talked about his supportive…
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Basic Folk 89 – Brittney Spencer
Powered by RedCircle Brittney Spencer’s making her way in Nashville. Her presence in Music City is radical not only because…
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Basic Folk 88 – Jonatha Brooke’s “The Sweetwater Sessions” Track by Track
Powered by RedCircle We get a very fun track by track for Jonatha Brooke‘s new album The Sweetwater Sessions, which are…
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Basic Folk 87 – Alex Sturbaum
Powered by RedCircle Alex Sturbaum is a traditional folk musician originally from Cincinnati, OH, which offers a thriving community of…
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Basic Folk 86 – Ellis Paul
Powered by RedCircle Ellis Paul! The one and only. This has been a long time coming. The Maine-born musician is…
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Basic Folk 85 – Jamie Fox
Powered by RedCircle A special episode of Basic Folk features First Nation person Jamie Fox, who is one of the…
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Basic Folk 84 – Laura Cortese
Powered by RedCircle Laura Cortese is on her way to legendary status in the fiddle community. Born in San Francisco,…
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Basic Folk 83 – Forest Sun
Powered by RedCircle California-based Forest Sun, raised by back-to-the-lander hippies who were deeply involved in art and music, channels healing…
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