Folk State of the Union: Rissi Palmer, Rose Cousins, Kaïa Kater & Jobi Riccio Live on Cayamo

May 14, 2026

Well, is this not an excuse to get the girlies together if we’ve ever heard one!? For our final live interview aboard Cayamo, we arranged a check-in with some of our favorite folks to talk about the state of Folk Music (and folk-adjacent music). Our panel included country artist and host of Apple Music’s Color Me Country Radio Rissi Palmer, Canadian sweethearts Rose Cousins (CEO of emotions) and Kaïa Kater (Dean of Sad Songs), and Jobi Riccio, a self-proclaimed “rizzler.”…

Basic Folk 150 – Aoife O’Donovan

January 27, 2022

Powered by RedCircle BASIC FOLK 150 EPISODES WOO!!! Ok ok ok… for our 150th episode, we are so pleased to…

Basic Folk 149 – Tré Burt

January 20, 2022

Powered by RedCircle When Tré Burt was signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 2019, he was one of…

Basic Folk 148 – Eliza Gilkyson

January 13, 2022

Powered by RedCircle Eliza Gilkyson is a middle child, a constant reinventor of herself and a surprise teacher of songwriting.…

Basic Folk 147 – MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger

December 16, 2021

Powered by RedCircle It’s hard to put into words why I love MC Taylor so much, but I know when…

Basic Folk 146 – Brad Kolodner

December 9, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Once Baltimore claw-hammer banjoist, radio host and community organizer Brad Kolodner got a banjo in his hands,…

Basic Folk 145 – Miko Marks

December 2, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Miko Marks’ story starts in Flint, MI where she was immersed in music, specifically country music (Loretta…

Basic Folk 144 – Dori Freeman

November 23, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Dori Freeman is an Appalachian woman using her music to break the stereotype of her region, which…

Basic Folk 143 – Valerie June

November 18, 2021

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

Basic Folk 142 – Erin McKeown track x track

November 11, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Ok I think that Erin McKeown was really into this conversation solely because it allowed her/them to…

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