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 101 – Cinder Well
Powered by RedCircle Cinder Well, who is California-born Amelia Baker, makes spooky folk songs in the Irish music tradition. Amelia…
Basic Folk 100 – Rose Cousins
Powered by RedCircle Canadian songwriter Rose Cousins hates small talk. She’d much prefer to get down to the bone of…
Basic Folk 99 – Auyon Mukharji of Darlingside
Powered by RedCircle Auyon Mukharji, of the Massachusetts spacey-folk band Darlingside, grew up in Kansas with first generation immigrant parents.…
Basic Folk 98 – Chris Smither
Powered by RedCircle The one and only Chris Smither! Influenced by Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins, Smither’s guitar playing…
Basic Folk 97 – Almeta Ingram-Miller (The Legendary Ingramettes)
Powered by RedCircle Gospel musician Almeta Ingram-Miller of The Legendary Ingramettes is working to preserve the legacy of her mother,…
Basic Folk 96 – Kevin Morby
Powered by RedCircle The music of Kevin Morby has colorful textural layers, much like the human who creates it. On…
Basic Folk 95 – Shirley Collins
Powered by RedCircle WOW. Shirley Collins has led a wild full life! The British Folk singer, who helped bring about…
Basic Folk 94 – Lizzie No
Powered by RedCircle Around age 10, Lizzie No was getting tired of the violin. The Princeton-born No picked the harp…
Basic Folk 93 – Lori McKenna
Powered by RedCircle Lori McKenna is on Basic Folk talking about her new album The Balladeer. Lori’s been a huge part…