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Jenna Nicholls, ep. 25
Episode 25
Jenna Nicholls was the imaginative kid who was friends with trees and believed furniture was alive. Raised in Western Pennsylvania, she was raised on…
7 years ago
Ethan Gruska, ep. 24
Episode 24
Cinematic, multi-talented, mystical/magical, human-songwriter Ethan Gruska is a grounded and extremely likable person. Ethan’s 2017 Slowmotionary, fo…
7 years ago
Marissa Nadler, ep. 23
Episode 23
It is wonderful to have songwriter Marissa Nadler on the pod! Ethereal, goth, ambient and gauzy are often used to describe her sound. She has collabo…
7 years ago
Jonatha Brooke, ep. 22
Episode 22
I have always really liked Jonatha Brooke. She's one of those writers who always knows what to do, which is the basis for why we like pop music. Her …
7 years ago
Jocie Adams of Arc Iris, ep. 21
Episode 21
Magic musical human wonder Jocie Adams (Arc Iris) is a very funny, grounded and kind person IRL; on stage she is a mystical badass alien superhero wh…
7 years, 1 month ago
Bonus: Erin McKeown is Folk Wikipedia
A bonus ep of Basic Folk where Erin McKeown gets particularly basic about her former project Voice on The Verge. She explains their origin and intent…
7 years, 1 month ago
Erin McKeown, ep. 20
Episode 20
Erin McKeown has been queering the folk world for over two decades with her unpredictable and relentlessly unwavering superhuman musical gifts. Erin …
7 years, 1 month ago
Bill Deasy, ep. 19
Episode 19
Bill Deasy is one of Pittsburgh's big 90s success stories due to his band The Gathering Field scoring a record deal in 1996 with Atlantic Records. Wh…
7 years, 1 month ago
Edie Carey, ep. 18
Episode 18
Ready to ugly cry? No? Ok, I will give you a moment to prepare... Because tuning into the most vulnerable, intimate and secret human feelings is what…
7 years, 1 month ago
Amy Ray, ep. 17
Episode 17
Amy Ray, one half of the legendary folk rock band Indigo Girls, is known for her strong Southern roots, fierce devotion to all types of music, her ac…
7 years, 2 months ago