(Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Reissue series! For the next several weeks, Basic Folk is digging back into the archives and reposting some of our favorite episodes alongside new introductions commenting on what it’s like to listen back. Enjoy!) This episode featuring Cindy Howes interviewing John Hiatt originally posted on August 5, 2021. In 2021, John Hiatt released ‘Leftover Feelings’ (which is still his latest album, by the way), a collab with bluegrass great Jerry Douglas as producer and his…
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Basic Folk 146 – Brad Kolodner
Powered by RedCircle Once Baltimore claw-hammer banjoist, radio host and community organizer Brad Kolodner got a banjo in his hands,…
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Basic Folk 145 – Miko Marks
Powered by RedCircle Miko Marks’ story starts in Flint, MI where she was immersed in music, specifically country music (Loretta…
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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…
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Basic 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…
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Basic 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…
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Basic 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…
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Basic Folk 140 – Buffalo Nichols
Powered by RedCircle Carl Nichols (aka Buffalo Nichols) found out that he liked playing guitar way more than anything else…
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Basic 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…
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Basic 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…
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