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 39 – David Huckfelt
Powered by RedCircle David Huckfelt, founding member of the Minneapolis folk band, The Pines, emanates poetry in everything he does.…
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Basic Folk 38 – Johnathan Rice
Powered by RedCircle Scottish-American songwriter Johnathan Rice might have first landed on your radar through his duo Jenny & Johnny…
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Basic Folk 37 – Alisa Amador
Powered by RedCircle Basic Folk is Live at Club Passim! Alisa Amador grew up in Cambridge, MA surrounded by the…
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Basic Folk 36 – Melissa Ferrick
Powered by RedCircle Basic Folk is live at Club Passim with Melissa Ferrick! The indie folk songwriter genius lesbian icon…
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Basic Folk 35 – Ben Arthur
Powered by RedCircle Songwriter, author and podcaster Ben Arthur did not know what he was in for on Basic Folk,…
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Basic Folk 34 – Bridget Kearney
Powered by RedCircle Bridget Kearney, bassist for Lake Street Dive, has been deeply immersed in studying music since childhood. From…
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Basic Folk 33 – Matt Smith of Club Passim
Powered by RedCircle Matt Smith is a living legend with his unbelievable run at Club Passim, the historic folk venue…
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Basic Folk 32 – Chris “Critter” Eldridge
Powered by RedCircle Chris Eldridge won his first Grammy this year with The Punch Brothers. After 8 nominations between Punch Brothers,…
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Basic Folk 31 – Jim Kweskin
Powered by RedCircle Jim Kweskin is maybe the most famous person you might not know. With The Jim Kweskin Jug…
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