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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.”…
Archiving the Heart: Greg Brown on Music, Family, and Throwing Out Old Notebooks
Iowa folk music icon Greg Brown is living that retired life. After playing his farewell retirement concert in 2023, he’s…
The Reckoning of Montreal Banjo-Witch Kaïa Kater
After banjo player Kaïa Kater attended Americana Fest in 2016, the music industry started telling her she was a part…
Guster is a Place
Frontman Ryan Miller joins us to talk about all things Guster. From their tried and true collaborative writing process to…
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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.