Basic Folk is a podcast with honest conversations between musicians and Cindy Howes, a well-versed public radio host and music curator. Cindy approaches interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions. This podcast fosters the folk community and showcases a genre that is often misunderstood. Ironically, Basic Folk features complex conversations about the human experience witnessed from an artistic angle. Cindy’s definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from KT Tunstall, Livingston Taylor, Amanda Shires and many more. For more on Basic Folk, visit www.cindyhowes.net.
Critically-acclaimed “Mexo-Americana” singer-songwriter David Wax joins Cindy Howes’ Basic Folk podcast as one half of the group David Wax Museum, which he does alongside his wife Suz Slezak. The two chat about the unexpected beauty of life during lockdown, Wax’s affinity for Mexican folk music and his time in the academic realm at Harvard as More
Founding member, guitarist and co-frontman of Local Natives, Taylor Rice, joins Cindy Howes’ Basic Folk podcast for a conversation on the band’s history, their collaborative spirit, feminism and their newest EP Sour Lemon. Growing up in Orange County, California Local Natives is known for spearheading the SoCal sound. Rice and his bandmates met at a More
Wesley Schultz, lead vocalist for the folk rock band The Lumineers, joins host Cindy Howes on Basic Folk to discuss everything from golfing to his debut solo album Vignettes. Getting some background on Schultz, Howes asks about how growing up in the small town of Ramsey, New Jersey helped shape him as a person and More
Celebrating the 100th episode of Basic Folk, host Cindy Howes invites special guest and dear friend Rose Cousins to the podcast. The two talk about family, kinesiology, the world of artistry from photography to poetry and Cousins’ latest album. Growing up on Prince Edward Island, and on a potato farm specifically, Cousins was in desperate More
Brittney Spencer‘s making her way in Nashville. Her presence in Music City is radical not only because she’s a woman, but also because Spencer is a young Black country artist. Spencer has been enamored with country music ever since she fell in love with The Chicks as a 15-year-old. Even though she did not see More
From podcast host Cindy Howes Ellis Paul on Basic Folk! The one and only. This has been a long time coming. The Maine born musician is famous for helping establish the “Boston Songwriter Sound” in the late ’80s, ’90s and 2000s. He grew up on a potato farm and became a national track star, which More
