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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 82 – Beatrice Deer

August 20, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Now based in Montreal, growing up in Northern Quebec. Beatrice Deer spent a lot of time outside…

Basic Folk 81 – Kris Delmhorst

August 13, 2020

Powered by RedCircle New England Folk Queen Kris Delmhorst is releasing her new record Long Day In The Milky Way into…

Basic Folk 80 – William Prince

August 6, 2020

Powered by RedCircle William Prince grew up with the influence of his father’s gospel music, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and…

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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.