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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 Presents: SongWriter

September 26, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by…

Basic Folk 136 – Martin Sexton

September 23, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Martin Sexton‘s career was built by his work as a street musician on the Boston scene in…

Basic Folk 135 – Alisa Amador

September 16, 2021

Powered by RedCircle Editor’s note: Lizzie No interviews Alisa Amador on Basic Folk! We’re so pumped for you to hear…

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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.