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