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 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…

Basic Folk 74 – Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three)

June 25, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Vermont-born Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three) was raised surrounded by art as all the adults in his…

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