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Exploring Ancestral Roots with Blind Pilot

October 10, 2024

The Oregon-bred indie folk music outfit Blind Pilot goes on a deep spiritual journey on their new album In the Shadow of the Holy Mountain (produced by Josh Kaufman). The music inspiration for frontman Israel Nebeker lay in his songwriting process. After struggling with writing for years (this is the first Blind Pilot album in 8 years), he set aside the songs he *had* been working (which will be included on a new solo record in 2025). Nebeker gave himself…

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Basic Folk 44 – Emily Mure

October 17, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Emily Mure is a real life New York native! She is a life-long oboist, who had big…

Basic Folk – Field Music with Chris “Critter” Eldridge

October 3, 2019

Recently, Chris “Critter” Eldridge won instrumentalist of the year at The Americana awards in Nashville. 2019 is proving to be…

Basic Folk 43 – Wallis Bird

September 26, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Wallis Bird is a joyful musician who is an incredibly emotionally exciting live performer and songwriter. Originally…

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