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Basic Folk 136 – Martin Sexton
Powered by RedCircle Martin Sexton‘s career was built by his work as a street musician on the Boston scene in the 80’s and early 90’s. His audience knows him for being connector by making them a part of the magic he, the performer, creates onstage. On the street, he would use tricks like strategically placing…
Read MoreBasic Folk 135 – Alisa Amador
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Alisa Amador on Basic Folk! We’re so pumped for you to hear this conversation with Lizzie and Alisa. Be sure to got back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on the pod and subscribe, so you never miss Lizzie! Alisa Amador’s EP Narratives is out…
Read MoreBasic Folk 134 – Chris Thile
Powered by RedCircle Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, The Punch Brothers) has been making music nonstop since he was 5 years old. His musical parents found him a mandolin, he started taking lessons and jamming at nearby Southern California pizza shops. He met Sara and Sean Watkins when he was 12 and started the band Nickel Creek.…
Read MoreBasic Folk 133 – Paula Fuga
Powered by RedCircle Paula Fuga is a magic person. The Hawaiian singer/songwriter has lived through some of life’s horrors. When she was young, her living situation was extremely unstable for several years. She lived with her mom, who suffered from addiction, on the beach around a pretty shady crowd of people. She accounts her survival…
Read MoreBasic Folk Presents: Songcraft
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! I truly appreciate an interview where the hosts are basically scholars on their subject – aka they come so prepared it’s wild. Scott and Paul are industry professionals who…
Read MoreBasic Folk 132 – Becca Mancari
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: This episode of Basic Folk features guest host Lizzie No! Listen back to previous Lizzie interviews with Amythyst Kiah and Kishi Bashi. Subscribe at your favorite podplayer, so you’ll never miss a Lizzie moment! Becca Mancari does things her own way. Raised in New York and Virginia, Mancari found herself…
Read MoreBasic 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…
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