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Year-End Reflections with Cindy & Lizzie: A Wild 2024 Ride

December 12, 2024

It’s 2024 recap time on Basic Folk! Cindy & Lizzie dive into a most special year-end reflection, featuring highlights from our honest conversations with folk musicians. We revisit THE top episode of the year, Anna Tivel & Jeffrey Martin‘s insightful discussion on navigating artistic challenges and living a simple life. Cindy shares her favorite episode featuring her co-host Lizzie No talking about her career-defining album, Halfsies (our 250th episode!). In turn, Lizzie’s favorite honest convo came from Leyla McCalla onboard…

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Basic Folk 91 – Samantha Crain

October 22, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Samantha Crain had a hell of a time in the summer of 2017. She had just released…

Basic Folk 90 – Izzy Heltai: “Father” Track by Track

October 15, 2020

Powered by RedCircle We got to know Izzy Heltai on episode 27 of Basic Folk where he talked about his supportive…

Basic Folk 89 – Brittney Spencer

October 8, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Brittney Spencer’s making her way in Nashville. Her presence in Music City is radical not only because…

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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.

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