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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 16 – KT Tunstall

March 7, 2019

Powered by RedCircle KT Tunstall is an open-hearted Scottish dreamboat. The singer/songwriter and I were both at Brandi Carlile’s Girls…

Basic Folk 15 – Emily Saliers

February 28, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls graciously joins me on Basic Folk this week. An iconic figure in…

Basic Folk 14 – Peter Mulvey

February 21, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Peter Mulvey‘s music is emotional, rousing, gritty and real. The Milwaukee singer songwriter has been at it…

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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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