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Powered by RedCircle We get a very fun track by track for Jonatha Brooke‘s new album The Sweetwater Sessions, which are new interpretations of previously recorded JB songs from her solo career and The Story, her duo with Jennifer Kimball. Jonatha recorded these songs during a master class in recording at the Sweetwater Studios in Fort…

Powered by RedCircle Alex Sturbaum is a traditional folk musician originally from Cincinnati, OH, which offers a thriving community of folk players and contra dancers. There was tons of music in the house growing up thanks to their father, Arthur, who played and hosted jams. The young Alex fell in love with traditional music of…

Powered by RedCircle Ellis Paul! The one and only. This has been a long time coming. The Maine-born musician is famous for helping establish the “Boston Songwriter Sound” in the late 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. He grew up on a potato farm and became a national track star, which earned him a scholarship to Boston…

Powered by RedCircle A special episode of Basic Folk features First Nation person Jamie Fox, who is one of the only people in America playing a style of fiddle called “Métis” of the Aaniih and Nakoda tribes in Montana. Métis means “mix race” and essentially it means that Jamie has native and European heritage. She…

Powered by RedCircle Laura Cortese is on her way to legendary status in the fiddle community. Born in San Francisco, she has worked for years honing her sound: bringing together traditions learned at fiddle camp, a love of songwriting and experimental lush indie soundscapes. She has performed under Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards for…

Powered by RedCircle California-based Forest Sun, raised by back-to-the-lander hippies who were deeply involved in art and music, channels healing through song. His latest album Brighter Day, centers around the death of his father and then end of his ten-year marriage. Forest believes in the power of music and songwriting, in fact, it seems as though…

Powered by RedCircle Now based in Montreal, growing up in Northern Quebec. Beatrice Deer spent a lot of time outside in her Inuit community of Quaqtaq. Her village was small (population of about 350/400) and very tight knit. Raised in a big family, her parents brought music into their house and would often play around…

Powered by RedCircle New England Folk Queen Kris Delmhorst is releasing her new record Long Day In The Milky Way into a very weird world. On the podcast, she mentioned performing songs from a new album night after night on tour really allows her to grow close to the album and get to know the songs…

Powered by RedCircle William Prince grew up with the influence of his father’s gospel music, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and a deep love of connecting with family. His parents kept music at the forefront of his young life with performing music around the house and through their DJ business. The house was filled with records…

Powered by RedCircle Big hair. Big sound. Big personality. And big feelings is New Zealand-by-way-of-Canada’s Tami Neilson. As a part of her family’s Neilson Family band, Tami’s been performing and touring since she was a young kid. She and her two brothers spent their childhoods on the road with their parents: playing fairs, churches, dance…