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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 30 – Corey Laitman

June 13, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Wow Corey Laitman. Corey is a really interesting musician and person. Their music is vulnerable in a…

Basic Folk 29 – Zack Hickman

June 6, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Zack Hickman is bound to go down in folk history for his incredible handlebar moustache, but fellow…

Basic Folk 28 – David Dye

May 30, 2019

Powered by RedCircle David Dye is a public radio music host pioneer. What Dye, WXPN and NPR did with starting…

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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.