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Tami Neilson: On Taking Wynonna’s Call, Her Scary Near-Death Experience, and Willie Nelson

July 10, 2025

In recent years, Tami Neilson has been learning to carry both great joy and great sorrow simultaneously. The New Zealand-based, Canada-born powerhouse’s new album, ‘Neon Cowgirl,’ is named after the towering electric figure on a sign that’s overlooked Broadway in Nashville, watching over Tami’s career since she was 16 years old. The songs were born from a five-month family road trip combined with a major musical tour that would allow Tami the once-in-a-lifetime chance to really give it her all…

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Basic Folk 24 – Ethan Gruska

May 2, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Cinematic, multi-talented, mystical/magical, human-songwriter Ethan Gruska is a grounded and extremely likable person. Ethan’s 2017 Slowmotionary, for…

Basic Folk 23 – Marissa Nadler

April 25, 2019

Powered by RedCircle It is wonderful to have songwriter Marissa Nadler on the pod! Ethereal, goth, ambient and gauzy are…

Basic Folk 22 – Jonatha Brooke

April 18, 2019

Powered by RedCircle I have always really liked Jonatha Brooke. Her songs are sharp, joyful and wise. She’s one of…

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Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from

KT Tunstall,

John Hiatt,

Amythyst Kiah,

Kishi Bashi,

... and many more. Cindy and Lizzie approach their interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions.