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Basic Folk 131 – Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse
Powered by RedCircle Two years into starting his band Mandolin Orange, Andrew Marlin and his partner Emily Franz were having second thoughts about their band name. Nine years later, they announced their new name: Watchhouse. It’s easy to understand why it took so long: they were putting out records, gaining momentum and quickly establishing themselves…
Read MoreBasic Folk 130 – Rachel Baiman
Powered by RedCircle Ok, so yes I cried when I interviewed Rachel Baiman. Her writing is stirring and brutal and then when you read about the inspiration behind the songs on her new album Cycles, it’s like automatic water works for me. From frank observations of her grandparent’s loss of agency to women reckoning the…
Read MoreBasic Folk 129 – John Hiatt
Powered by RedCircle John Hiatt‘s latest is a collab with bluegrass great Jerry Douglas, with Jerry as producer and his band as backup for Hiatt. John’s digging into some serious past memories for these songs, which include a song about his older brother Michael. Michael died by suicide when John was only 9 and it’s…
Read MoreBasic Folk 128 – Kishi Bashi
Powered by RedCircle Kaoru Ishibashi who is known as Kishi Bashi, is a violinist, guitarist, multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from WA state and VA. He got a really interesting start in music because he went to Cornell to study engineering, ended up flunking out, and kind of realizing his true path in music. He…
Read MoreBasic Folk Presents: Get Up in the Cool with Adam Hurt
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by sharing an episode in our feed! Get Up in the Cool is a sweet old-time/bluegrass podcast hosted by Cameron DeWhitt. What’s amazing about this podcast is that Cameron has taken “the hang” at the jam…
Read MoreBasic Folk 127 – Alex Cuba
Powered by RedCircle Alex Cuba grew up 50 minutes west of Havana immersed in the music of his town Artemisa. His father, the musician Valentin Puentes, is a household name in the country and prioritized Cuban music in the house growing up. When Alex was six years old, Valentin told his son not to sing,…
Read MoreBasic Folk 126 – Mali Obomsawin of Lula Wiles
Powered by RedCircle Mali Obomsawin is the mighty bassist/songwriter/singer from Lula Wiles, whose musical talents run tandem to her activist spirit. She really had no choice in the matter, seeing that her parents met through their advocacy for Abenaki and First Nations sovereignty battles. Mali’s dad is a member of the Odanak Abenaki Nation and…
Read MoreBasic Folk 125 – Joe Pug
Powered by RedCircle Joe Pug explains that the venn diagram of his fans and the people he’d like to have a beer with is almost exactly a single circle. The prolific troubadour has been organically gaining admirers one by one throughout his entire musical history. When he began, the Maryland songwriter would not only give…
Read MoreBasic Folk 124 – Amythyst Kiah
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: we’re pleased to welcome guest host Lizzie No to Basic Folk for her debut episode with Amythyst Kiah! Lizzie will be on the podcast interviewing folk musicians once a month. We’re thrilled to bring her perspective and insight to our listeners. Enjoy! Amythyst Kiah is a star rising so quickly…
Read MoreBasic Folk 123 – Denison Witmer
Powered by RedCircle Denison Witmer‘s music is gentle and kind, he’s a skilled woodworker, an avid birdwatcher and until 2020 hadn’t made a record for 7 years. Growing up in Lancaster, Denison was lucky enough to get some guitar lessons from Don Peris of The Innocence Mission, a well loved indie-folk band. This led to…
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