Basic Folk is making trouble at sea with Ani DiFranco and Carsie Blanton! Hosts Lizzie and Cindy had the opportunity to speak with the two like-minded radical songwriters aboard the 2025 edition of Cayamo, a roots music cruise. Our conversation kicks off with Ani sharing her transformative experience performing as Persephone in the Broadway show ‘Hadestown,’ delving into the challenges of acting and the lessons learned from stepping outside her musical comfort zone. We navigate through Ani’s journey of independence,…
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Basic Folk 172 – Leon Timbo
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
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
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
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
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
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
Richard Thompson‘s memoir, Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967 – 1975 (now out in paperback) is a…
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Basic Folk 165 – John Doe
Powered by RedCircle John Doe‘s career has gone from poetry to punk to country to acting to punk to folk…
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Basic Folk 164 – Steve Forbert
Steve Forbert is not a dramatic person. His stories are fairly straight forward even though he’s lived a pretty incredible…
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