(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 131 – Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse
Powered by RedCircle Two years into starting his band Mandolin Orange, Andrew Marlin and his partner Emily Franz were having…
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Basic Folk 130 – Rachel Baiman
Powered by RedCircle Ok, so yes I cried when I interviewed Rachel Baiman. Her writing is stirring and brutal and…
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Basic Folk 129 – John Hiatt
Powered by RedCircle John Hiatt‘s latest is a collab with bluegrass great Jerry Douglas, with Jerry as producer and his…
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Basic Folk 128 – Kishi Bashi
Powered by RedCircle Kaoru Ishibashi who is known as Kishi Bashi, is a violinist, guitarist, multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter…
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Basic Folk Presents: Get Up in the Cool with Adam Hurt
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by…
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Basic Folk 127 – Alex Cuba
Powered by RedCircle Alex Cuba grew up 50 minutes west of Havana immersed in the music of his town Artemisa.…
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Basic Folk 126 – Mali Obomsawin of Lula Wiles
Powered by RedCircle Mali Obomsawin is the mighty bassist/songwriter/singer from Lula Wiles, whose musical talents run tandem to her activist…
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Basic Folk 125 – Joe Pug
Powered by RedCircle Joe Pug explains that the venn diagram of his fans and the people he’d like to have…
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Basic Folk 124 – Amythyst Kiah
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: we’re pleased to welcome guest host Lizzie No to Basic Folk for her debut episode…
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