Matt Smith is a living legend with his unbelievable 30-year run at Club Passim, the historic folk venue nestled in a Harvard Square basement. Currently Managing Director at Passim, Matt is the most passionate music lover I know. He has used his platform at Passim to help establish artists like Lori McKenna, Anaïs Mitchell, Lake Street Dive, and so many more. I met Matt while working as a student at WERS 88.9FM, where he brought fantastic shows to a listening…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Basic Folk 163 – Lily Henley
Fiddler and sing/songwriter Lily Henley‘s latest album, Oras Dezaoradas, is a full-on celebration of her Sephardic Jewish Heritage. The lineage…
Basic Folk 162 – Grace Givertz
Powered by RedCircle Grace Givertz, born and raised in South Florida, began writing and performing at age eleven when she…
Basic Folk 161 – Amy Correia
LA-based singer/songwriter Amy Correia will tell you that she is not a prolific writer, which… okay maybe she doesn’t write…
Basic Folk Presents: Why We Write
Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by sharing an episode…
Basic Folk 160 – Mason Jennings
Powered by RedCircle Mason Jennings has the most interesting songwriting process I’ve come across. Since he was around 13 years…