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Kris Delmhorst: Inching Forward through Sleepless Nights

May 15, 2025

Kris Delmhorst is not a good sleeper. The Western Massachusetts songwriter is usually awake from 2 or 3 am to about 4 or 5am. Sometimes it feels nice and floaty, but other times she is wide awake worrying about anything her brain can get a hold of. This is similar to a feeling with which she ended her tenth record, ‘Ghosts in the Garden,’ with the song “Something to Show.” Thankfully, she set us straight and explained that, indeed, the track is…

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From Reality Bites to Nursery Rhymes: Lisa Loeb’s Unconventional Journey

September 26, 2024

Looking back at her wildly successful and always adventurous career up to this point, it feels inevitable that Lisa Loeb…

Folk Music, Friendship, and Fountain Pens: Nerding out with Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger

September 19, 2024

The names Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger have come up more often than not when talking to fiddlers on Basic…

Balancing Dreams and Reality: A Folk Debate on Ambition

September 12, 2024

Welcome to another edition of Folk Debate Club, our occasional debate series! To discuss Ambition vs Acceptance, we welcome our…

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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.