Lilly Hiatt: Driving Tunes and Life Lessons

February 20, 2025

Singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt has an interesting way of working melodies and a down to earth way of telling stories about her life and about how she sees the world. All of her albums have cool, crunchy guitar parts that take folk songwriting to a new rockin’ level. On her new album ‘Forever,’ Hiatt’s diverse influences are woven into songs that touch on everything from relationships to anxiety and mental health to good old-fashioned rock & roll. In our Basic Folk…

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Basic Folk 21 – Jocie Adams of Arc Iris

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Basic Folk 20 – Erin McKeown

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Basic Folk 19 – Bill Deasy

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Basic Folk 18 – Edie Carey

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Basic Folk 17 – Amy Ray

March 14, 2019

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Basic Folk 16 – KT Tunstall

March 7, 2019

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Basic Folk 15 – Emily Saliers

February 28, 2019

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Basic Folk 14 – Peter Mulvey

February 21, 2019

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Basic Folk 13 – Rachel Sumner

February 14, 2019

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