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Jon Muq: Uganda, Cruise Ship Food, and His Googly-Eyed Guitar

April 17, 2025

Originally from the village of Mutungo, Uganda (near the country’s capital of Kampala), Jon Muq’s journey to his current life of touring with an Austin, Texas home-base has been unconventional. Onboard the Cayamo cruise earlier this year, we talked to Jon about his childhood experiences, including fetching water with friends and “We Are the World,” which was the first Western music he ever experienced. He also recounts the emotional reunion with his twin sister at the Cambridge Folk Festival, revealing…

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Basic Folk 28 – David Dye

May 30, 2019

Powered by RedCircle David Dye is a public radio music host pioneer. What Dye, WXPN and NPR did with starting…

Basic Folk 27 – Izzy Heltai

May 23, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Izzy Heltai is brave, curious and charismatic about the world. He realizes how fortunate he is in…

Bonus: Panel about Music Podcasts

May 16, 2019

I was on a panel about music podcasting at NonComm this year with Joni Deutsch (moderator, WFAE), Elizabeth McQueen (KUTX)…

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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.