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 100 – Rose Cousins

January 14, 2021

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

January 7, 2021

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

December 17, 2020

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)

December 10, 2020

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

December 3, 2020

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

November 19, 2020

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

November 12, 2020

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

November 5, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Lori McKenna is on Basic Folk talking about her new album The Balladeer. Lori’s been a huge part…

Basic Folk 92 – Stella Schindler (Kentucky Avenue)

October 29, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Stella Schindler is one half of the DC area Americana band Kentucky Avenue, who’s been (safely) working…

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