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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.”…

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…

Sam Moss: Gentle Folk Sounds and Woodworking Bounds

February 13, 2025

Although the ever-enigmatic Sam Moss is not a great swimmer, he named his latest album ‘Swimming.’ The folk singer with…

Covered in Moss: Anna B Savage’s World of Folk, Birds and Ireland

February 6, 2025

Anna B Savage is down to earth and witchy as hell at the same time. Over her three albums, she’s…

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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.