I (lizzie) first came across Becca Stevens via her collaboration with string group The Attica Quartet. Her new album, Maple to Paper, is really different from her previous releases. If you think you know everything that there is to know about Becca Stevens as a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer, you are wrong. And you are going to be so amazed by this new record. It’s completely stripped down, featuring just her guitar and her voice. During the pandemic, Stevens…
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Basic Folk 80 – William Prince
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Basic Folk 79 – Tami Neilson
Powered by RedCircle Big hair. Big sound. Big personality. And big feelings is New Zealand-by-way-of-Canada’s Tami Neilson. As a part…
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Basic Folk 78 – Ruth Merenda (The Mammals)
Powered by RedCircle Ever since I saw her playing with The Mammals in the early 2000’sies, I have had a…
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Basic Folk 77 – Caitlyn Smith
Powered by RedCircle Nashville songwriter Caitlyn Smith has written for Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor & John Legend,…
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Basic Folk 76 – Grace Pettis
Powered by RedCircle Grace Pettis is leaning in. The founder of Nobody’s Girl (with Rebecca Loebe and Betty Soo) and…
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Basic Folk 75 – Jake Blount
Powered by RedCircle Old time player Jake Blount and his sister were the first of his family (on his dad’s…
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Basic Folk 74 – Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three)
Powered by RedCircle Vermont-born Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three) was raised surrounded by art as all the adults in his…
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Basic Folk 73 – Isa Burke (Lula Wiles)
Powered by RedCircle Isa Burke, of Americana/folk trio Lula Wiles, is an opinionated white lady in America and I literally…
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Basic Folk 72 – Alice Howe
Powered by RedCircle Alice Howe’s vibe is Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt, but also Joan Baez and old English ballads.…
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