Club Passim’s Matt Smith on 30 Years of Building Community

May 28, 2026

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 159 – Tatiana Hargreaves

April 7, 2022

Powered by RedCircle When Tatiana Hargreaves was younger, she was a shit-hot fiddle player; recording her debut album at age…

Basic Folk 158 – No No Boy

March 31, 2022

  Powered by RedCircle Julian got the No-No Boy name from Japanese Americans who were forced to live in internment…

Basic Folk 157 – Brent Cobb

March 24, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Brent Cobb on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen to Lizzie’s previous guest…

Basic Folk 156 – Suz Slezak

March 17, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Suz Slezak is one half of the extremely talented, thoughtful and kind folk band David Wax Museum.…

Basic Folk 155 – Maya De Vitry, track by track

March 10, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Maya De Vitry released her third solo record, Violet Light, earlier this year and I, for one,…

Basic Folk 154 – Joy Oladokun

February 24, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Joy Oladokun on Basic Folk! Be sure to go back and listen…

Basic Folk Presents: American Songcatcher

February 20, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by…

Basic Folk 153 – Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats

February 17, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Fruit Bats have been on the indie rock radar since the early 00’s, so I’d say that…

Basic Folk 152 – Anaïs Mitchell Track x Track

February 10, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Anaïs Mitchell goes track by track through her new self titled release (out now!) and holy smokes…

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