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Anais Mitchell, ep. 08
Episode 8
Anais Mitchell is about to hit Broadway with Hadestown! But first! The Vermont songwriter is on Basic Folk. Her folk opera, Hadestown, set to open at…
7 years, 9 months ago
Dawn Landes, ep. 07
Episode 7
Before becoming a fulltime performer/songwriter Dawn Landes worked as a sound engineer for many years. After studying for a bit at NYU she left schoo…
7 years, 9 months ago
Mark Erelli, ep. 06
Episode 6
On Basic Folk this week I sit down with Mark Erelli, a singer-songwriter out of the New England area. Growing up Erelli did a little of everything: t…
7 years, 10 months ago
Kaia Kater, ep. 05
Episode 5
Grenadian-Canadian clawhammer banjo player and songwriter, Kaia Kater, grew up in a folk family-- her grandpa is a luthier and her mother ran a numbe…
7 years, 10 months ago
Nora Jane Struthers, ep. 04
Episode 4
Nora Jane Struthers started in bluegrass, but has leaned towards Americana and rock and rock in the past decade after living in Nashville. She's also…
7 years, 11 months ago
Anna Tivel, ep. 03
Episode 3
Anna Tivel is my guest this week. Tivel is known for her character songs that portray the beauty and pain in everyday individuals. Born in a small fa…
7 years, 11 months ago
Suitcase Junket, ep. 02
Episode 2
In this week’s episode, I sit down (and basically LOL the entire time) with one-man-band Matt Lorenz of The Suitcase Junket. Originally from a small …
7 years, 11 months ago
Ana Egge, ep. 01!!!
Episode 1
This week I talk with folk singer-songwriter Ana Egge. Dubbed the "Nina Simone of Folk Music" Ana and I sit down to discuss her early influences grow…
7 years, 11 months ago
Basic Folk Trailer
Episode 1
Meet the host Cindy Howes! I love folk music and interviewing people. I have over 20 years experience in broadcasting and being super obsessed with m…
8 years ago