Lilly Hiatt: Driving Tunes and Life Lessons

February 20, 2025

Singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt has an interesting way of working melodies and a down to earth way of telling stories about her life and about how she sees the world. All of her albums have cool, crunchy guitar parts that take folk songwriting to a new rockin’ level. On her new album ‘Forever,’ Hiatt’s diverse influences are woven into songs that touch on everything from relationships to anxiety and mental health to good old-fashioned rock & roll. In our Basic Folk…

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Basic Folk 174 – Tami Neilson

July 21, 2022

We go track by track on Canadian-born New Zealand feminist trouble maker and country music superstar, Tami Neilson’s 5th album,…

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Basic Folk 173 – Willi Carlisle

July 14, 2022

It’s hard to not fall a little in love with Willi Carlisle. The former high school football captain is irresistible…

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Basic Folk 172 – Leon Timbo

July 7, 2022

Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Leon Timbo on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on…

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Basic Folk 171 – Dietrich Strause

June 30, 2022

Dietrich Strause, raised in Lancaster, PA, was classically trained on trumpet growing up, but the allure of songwriting and performing…

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Basic Folk 170 – Edie Carey

June 23, 2022

Edie Carey‘s last solo full length album was in 2010 (holy smokes!), so we are more than ready to dig…

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Basic Folk 169 – Cristina Vane

June 16, 2022

Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Cristina Vane on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on…

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Basic Folk 168 – Grant-Lee Phillips

June 9, 2022

Former Grant Lee Buffalo frontman, Grant-Lee Phillips‘ latest solo album, All That You Can Dream, is -quite- dreamy. During the pandemic,…

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Basic Folk 167 – S.G. Goodman

June 2, 2022

Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews S.G. Goodman on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest host spots on…

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Basic Folk 166 – Richard Thompson

May 26, 2022

Richard Thompson‘s memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967 – 1975 (now out in paperback) is a…

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