In the eight years since The Barr Brothers last released an album, Andrew has been drumming with people like Feist, Mumford & Sons, and Broken Social Scene while Brad released a solo record and underwent incredible personal change. Brad made the huge decision to get sober, which he talks about candidly in our Basic Folk interview. Anything you read about the new record, ‘Let it Hiss,’ might allude to his newfound sobriety while not mentioning it directly. The band made…
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Basic Folk 35 – Ben Arthur
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Basic Folk 34 – Bridget Kearney
Powered by RedCircle Bridget Kearney, bassist for Lake Street Dive, has been deeply immersed in studying music since childhood. From…
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Basic Folk 33 – Matt Smith of Club Passim
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Basic Folk 32 – Chris “Critter” Eldridge
Powered by RedCircle Chris Eldridge won his first Grammy this year with The Punch Brothers. After 8 nominations between Punch Brothers,…
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Basic Folk 31 – Jim Kweskin
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Basic Folk 30 – Corey Laitman
Powered by RedCircle Wow Corey Laitman. Corey is a really interesting musician and person. Their music is vulnerable in a…
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Basic Folk 29 – Zack Hickman
Powered by RedCircle Zack Hickman is bound to go down in folk history for his incredible handlebar moustache, but fellow…
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Basic Folk 28 – David Dye
Powered by RedCircle David Dye is a public radio music host pioneer. What Dye, WXPN and NPR did with starting…
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Basic Folk 27 – Izzy Heltai
Powered by RedCircle Izzy Heltai is brave, curious and charismatic about the world. He realizes how fortunate he is in…
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