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 Presents: Get Up in the Cool with Adam Hurt
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Basic Folk 127 – Alex Cuba
Powered by RedCircle Alex Cuba grew up 50 minutes west of Havana immersed in the music of his town Artemisa.…
Basic Folk 126 – Mali Obomsawin of Lula Wiles
Powered by RedCircle Mali Obomsawin is the mighty bassist/songwriter/singer from Lula Wiles, whose musical talents run tandem to her activist…
Basic Folk 125 – Joe Pug
Powered by RedCircle Joe Pug explains that the venn diagram of his fans and the people he’d like to have…
Basic Folk 124 – Amythyst Kiah
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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…
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…
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,…
Basic Folk 120 – Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers
Powered by RedCircle Growing up, Oliver Wood thought he’d try the bass guitar, but after 6 months, he handed it…