Club Passim’s Matt Smith on 30 Years of Building Community

May 28, 2026

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 83 – Forest Sun

August 27, 2020

Powered by RedCircle California-based Forest Sun, raised by back-to-the-lander hippies who were deeply involved in art and music, channels healing…

Basic Folk 82 – Beatrice Deer

August 20, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Now based in Montreal, growing up in Northern Quebec. Beatrice Deer spent a lot of time outside…

Basic Folk 81 – Kris Delmhorst

August 13, 2020

Powered by RedCircle New England Folk Queen Kris Delmhorst is releasing her new record Long Day In The Milky Way into…

Basic Folk 80 – William Prince

August 6, 2020

Powered by RedCircle William Prince grew up with the influence of his father’s gospel music, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and…

Basic Folk 79 – Tami Neilson

July 30, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Big hair. Big sound. Big personality. And big feelings is New Zealand-by-way-of-Canada’s Tami Neilson. As a part…

Basic Folk 78 – Ruth Merenda (The Mammals)

July 23, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Ever since I saw her playing with The Mammals in the early 2000’sies, I have had a…

Basic Folk 77 – Caitlyn Smith

July 16, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Nashville songwriter Caitlyn Smith has written for Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor & John Legend,…

Basic Folk 76 – Grace Pettis

July 9, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Grace Pettis is leaning in. The founder of Nobody’s Girl (with Rebecca Loebe and Betty Soo) and…

Basic Folk 75 – Jake Blount

July 2, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Old time player Jake Blount and his sister were the first of his family (on his dad’s…

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