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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 58 – Dave Godowsky

February 20, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Business or performance? According to Dave Godowsky, you don’t have to choose, guys. As a professional music…

Basic Folk 57 – Leyla McCalla

February 13, 2020

Powered by RedCircle I had a lot to talk about with Leyla McCalla! The New Orleans resident has already had…

Basic Folk 56 – Elisapie

February 6, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Montreal’s Elisapie was born in Salluit, Quebec into the Inuit community. She grew up in the a…

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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.