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Year-End Reflections with Cindy & Lizzie: A Wild 2024 Ride

December 12, 2024

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 97 – Almeta Ingram-Miller (The Legendary Ingramettes)

December 10, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Gospel musician Almeta Ingram-Miller of The Legendary Ingramettes is working to preserve the legacy of her mother,…

Basic Folk 96 – Kevin Morby

December 3, 2020

Powered by RedCircle The music of Kevin Morby has colorful textural layers, much like the human who creates it. On…

Basic Folk 95 – Shirley Collins

November 19, 2020

Powered by RedCircle WOW. Shirley Collins has led a wild full life! The British Folk singer, who helped bring about…

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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.

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