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Twisted Pines’ Kathleen Parks Secret Polka Past

November 14, 2024

Hot off the heels of Twisted Pines’ latest release, Love Your Mind, Kathleen Parks is here to dig into her uncelebrated polka origins. Daughter of renowned trumpetist Eric Parks, the younger Parks grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley in a very creative family (her mother was also a dancer and the one who made Kathleen practice all the time). She started young on the violin and was surrounded by her dad’s polka music, as he was a member of…

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Basic Folk 03 – Anna Tivel

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Basic Folk 02 – Suitcase Junket

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Basic Folk 01 – Ana Egge

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Powered by RedCircle In the inaugural episode of Basic Folk (!), I talk with Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ana Egge. Dubbed the…

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