Basic Folk is a podcast with honest conversations between musicians and Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio host and music curator, and guest host Lizzie No, a talented singer/songwriter. Basic Folk approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Basic Folk features complex conversations about the human experience witnessed from an artistic angle. Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from Amythyst Kiah, Tom Rush, The Lumineers and many more.
Basic Folk is dedicated to showcasing the best in folk and roots musicians including BIPOC musicians who have been excluded, or felt like they did not belong, in the folk world. Both Cindy and Lizzie bring unique perspectives to our honest conversations and are dedicated to changing the landscape and the gatekeepers of the folk music community.
Basic FolkBasic Folk is a podcast with honest conversations between musicians and Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio host and music curator, and guest host Lizzie No, a talented singer/songwriter. Basic Folk approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Basic Folk features complex conversations about the human experience witnessed from an artistic angle. Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from Amythyst Kiah, Tom Rush, The Lumineers and many more.
Basic Folk is dedicated to showcasing the best in folk and roots musicians including BIPOC musicians who have been excluded, or felt like they did not belong, in the folk world. Both Cindy and Lizzie bring unique perspectives to our honest conversations and are dedicated to changing the landscape and the gatekeepers of the folk music community.
On this episode of Basic Folk, folk singer Lizzie No hosts the podcast and interviews renowned violinist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kaoru Ishibashi, also known as Kishi Bashi. What ensues is a stimulating conversation about Asian immigrants in the U.S., the beauty of cultural crossover, Bashi’s newest EP, and more. Bashi orginally started as an engineering More
For the first time on the Basic Folk podcast, guest host Lizzie No is taking the reins. No was recently tapped for hosting duties by Cindy Howes and debuts her first interview today. In this episode, No chats with roots singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah who’s also known for her contribution to the all-women-of-color supergroup Our Native More
In this episode of the Basic Folk podcast, host Cindy Howes chats with indie-folk singer/songwriter Denison Witmer about his newly released record American Foursquare, birdwatching, songwriting and more. The episode also includes a playthrough of Witmer’s song “Catalina Love.” Despite a seven years hiatus, Witmer is back with an album that recounts the emotional processing More
Already in its third year, the Basic Folk podcast has established itself as a reliable guide for exploring the depths of folk music. The show maps out honest conversations between podcast host Cindy Howes and folk artists from every subset of the genre. This openness is why you will hear stories from musical guests like More
“Talking to Sunny is like an absolute trip. She has lived through incredible trauma and addiction but approaches life with a very sharp sense of humor,” Basic Folk podcast host Cindy Howes said about folk-punk artist Sunny War. In the podcast, the duo discuss everything from their favorite culinary practices to War’s latest release Simple More
Despite not releasing a full album for nearly 10 years, Phil Moore of Bowerbirds is back with becalmyounglovers, an introspective record that he expands more on with Cindy Howes on her Basic Folk podcast. Covering not only music but also Moore’s deep-rooted affinity for nature and straightforward approach when it comes to songwriting, the conversation More
