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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 97 – Almeta Ingram-Miller (The Legendary Ingramettes)

December 10, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Gospel musician Almeta Ingram-Miller of The Legendary Ingramettes is working to preserve the legacy of her mother,…

Basic Folk 96 – Kevin Morby

December 3, 2020

Powered by RedCircle The music of Kevin Morby has colorful textural layers, much like the human who creates it. On…

Basic Folk 95 – Shirley Collins

November 19, 2020

Powered by RedCircle WOW. Shirley Collins has led a wild full life! The British Folk singer, who helped bring about…

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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.