(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 123 – Denison Witmer
Powered by RedCircle Denison Witmer‘s music is gentle and kind, he’s a skilled woodworker, an avid birdwatcher and until 2020…
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Basic Folk 122 – Sunny War Track x Track
Powered by RedCircle Sunny War goes through her new album Simple Syrup track by track on the pod! Talking to Sunny…
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Basic Folk 121 – Phil Moore of Bowerbirds
Powered by RedCircle Bowerbirds have been off the radar musically since 2012’s The Clearing. Lots has changed for the B-Birds,…
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Powered by RedCircle Growing up, Oliver Wood thought he’d try the bass guitar, but after 6 months, he handed it…
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Powered by RedCircle Raised outside of Austin, Texas, Katy Kirby grew up homeschool, enamored with Jesus and was rocking out…
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Powered by RedCircle Allison Russell‘s story is unreal and it’s hard to know where to begin. Unfathomable childhood abuse: sexual,…
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Powered by RedCircle Tom Rush‘s career is a wonder. After stepping away from record labels and major tours in the…
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Powered by RedCircle Chris Pierce was raised by a white mother and a Black father, who impressed the importance of…
ListenBasic Folk 115 – Adam Moss of The Brother Brothers
Powered by RedCircle The Brother Brothers are rooted in sibling harmony provided by twin brothers Adam and David Moss. Adam…
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