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Basic Folk 144 – Dori Freeman
Powered by RedCircle Dori Freeman is an Appalachian woman using her music to break the stereotype of her region, which specifically is her town of Galax, VA – where she was born and still lives. Dori’s new album, Ten Thousand Roses, is a celebration of layered sound, beautiful drums and lyrics from an evolving songwriter.…
Read MoreBasic Folk 143 – Valerie June
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Valerie June on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! Links talked about in the intro: New roots: Black musicians and advocates are forging coalitions outside the system by…
Read MoreBasic Folk 142 – Erin McKeown track x track
Powered by RedCircle Ok I think that Erin McKeown was really into this conversation solely because it allowed her/them to dig deep into the new record Kiss Off Kiss. Halfway through the interview, Erin proclaimed how fun it was to get to address each track… I concur! It was very fun. KoK was funded through…
Read MoreBasic Folk 142 – Mary Gauthier
Powered by RedCircle Mary Gauthier‘s book, Saved By A Song, is a must-read for all humans with feelings that need feeling. Gauthier has been writing and recording songs since the early 90’s, but she actually started her music career relatively late at age 30. She had grown up as an adopted child in Thibodaux, Louisiana,…
Read MoreBasic Folk 140 – Buffalo Nichols
Powered by RedCircle Carl Nichols (aka Buffalo Nichols) found out that he liked playing guitar way more than anything else when he was around 12 years old. He took his older sister’s guitar (what? she wasn’t using it) and started obsessively learning to play. He’d listen to songs 200 times in a row to get…
Read MoreBasic Folk: neath the banner of the Black eclectic
Powered by RedCircle This special episode of Basic Folk features Allison Russell, Jake Blount, Kaïa Kater, and guest host Lizzie No in a roundtable conversation about Black artists in folk music. Black musicians are more visible than ever in the roots music space, but they continue to face unique challenges from tokenizing placements on festival…
Read MoreBasic Folk 139 – Dar Williams
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Dar Williams on Basic Folk! Be sure to got back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! Dar’s new album, ‘I’ll Meet You Here,’ is out now. Dar Williams, originally from Mount Kisco, NY, grew up…
Read MoreBasic Folk 138 – Amy Helm
Powered by RedCircle Amy Helm grew up surrounded by some of the most influential musicians in American roots music, including her father Levon Helm, legendary drummer and singer for The Band. That also meant that her childhood was a “very colorful” experience where she was raised by a “village of brilliant and talented people who…
Read MoreBasic Folk 137 – Carolyn Kendrick
Powered by RedCircle Carolyn Kendrick‘s California childhood was filled with music: from listening to music to musicians in her family, especially her father, a professional jazz drummer. Having a well revered musician in her family meant overcoming a reputation that preceded her, but it also gave her a special relationship with the beat as a…
Read MoreBasic Folk Presents: SongWriter
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! One of my favorite and most insightful interviews on Basic Folk has to have been from Ben Arthur. Ben let the walls come down and allowed us to both…
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