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 127 – Alex Cuba

July 22, 2021

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

July 15, 2021

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

July 8, 2021

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

July 1, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: we’re pleased to welcome guest host Lizzie No to Basic Folk for her debut episode…

Basic Folk 123 – Denison Witmer

June 24, 2021

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

June 17, 2021

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

June 10, 2021

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

June 3, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Growing up, Oliver Wood thought he’d try the bass guitar, but after 6 months, he handed it…

Basic Folk 119 – Katy Kirby

May 27, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Raised outside of Austin, Texas, Katy Kirby grew up homeschool, enamored with Jesus and was rocking out…

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