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Gary Louris in Conversation with Mark Erelli

February 27, 2025

You probably know Gary Louris as the leader of The Jayhawks – or as they refer to themselves, “a band from Minnesota.” The Jayhawks are pioneers of roots rock, alt-country, and Americana. Whatever you wanna call it, they’ve been making records where rock, pop, country, and other forms of American roots music overlap since the mid-1980s. Powered by RedCircle But Louris’s hidden superpower is that he’s kind of like a musical Swiss Army knife – he’s basically got a creative…

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Basic Folk 142 – Mary Gauthier

November 4, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Mary Gauthier‘s book, Saved By A Song, is a must-read for all humans with feelings that need…

Basic Folk 140 – Buffalo Nichols

October 28, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Carl Nichols (aka Buffalo Nichols) found out that he liked playing guitar way more than anything else…

Basic Folk: neath the banner of the Black eclectic

October 21, 2021

Powered by RedCircle This special episode of Basic Folk features Allison Russell, Jake Blount, Kaïa Kater, and guest host Lizzie…

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Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from

KT Tunstall,

John Hiatt,

Amythyst Kiah,

Kishi Bashi,

... and many more. Cindy and Lizzie approach their interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions.