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 135 – Alisa Amador
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Alisa Amador on Basic Folk! We’re so pumped for you to hear…
Basic Folk 134 – Chris Thile
Powered by RedCircle Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, The Punch Brothers) has been making music nonstop since he was 5 years old.…
Basic Folk 133 – Paula Fuga
Powered by RedCircle Paula Fuga is a magic person. The Hawaiian singer/songwriter has lived through some of life’s horrors. When…
Basic Folk Presents: Songcraft
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Basic Folk 132 – Becca Mancari
Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: This episode of Basic Folk features guest host Lizzie No! Listen back to previous Lizzie…
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…
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…
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…
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…