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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 70: Sunny War

May 21, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Sunny War has a cool finger picking style and a singing voice that matches her persona: whimsical,…

Basic Folk 69 – Nerissa Nields

May 14, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Nerissa Nields is a guitarist, songwriter and singer best known for performing with her sister Katryna in…

Basic Folk 68 – Letitia VanSant

May 7, 2020

Powered by RedCircle There is something I find very telling about the way Letitia VanSant approaches her name with people.…

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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.