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Jerry Douglas: From Steel Mills to Dobro Thrills

January 9, 2025

Jerry Douglas is widely regarded as the best Dobro player in the world. Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, and James Taylor are counted among his many collaborators and his four-decade career has earned him 16 GRAMMY Awards and numerous other accolades. In our Basic Folk conversation, he shares stories about his upbringing in Warren, Ohio, where his father’s steel mill job and love for music instilled in him a strong work ethic and a passion for playing. He also talks about…

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Basic Folk 165 – John Doe

May 19, 2022

Powered by RedCircle John Doe‘s career has gone from poetry to punk to country to acting to punk to folk…

Basic Folk 164 – Steve Forbert

May 12, 2022

Steve Forbert is not a dramatic person. His stories are fairly straight forward even though he’s lived a pretty incredible…

Basic Folk 163 – Lily Henley

May 5, 2022

Fiddler and sing/songwriter Lily Henley‘s latest album, Oras Dezaoradas, is a full-on celebration of her Sephardic Jewish Heritage. The lineage…

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Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from

KT Tunstall,

John Hiatt,

Amythyst Kiah,

Kishi Bashi,

... and many more. Cindy and Lizzie approach their interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions.