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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 61 – Nora Jane Struthers Track by Track

March 12, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Nora Jane Struthers is back! We go track by track on her new album Bright Lights, Long Drives,…

Basic Folk 60 – Taylor Ashton

March 5, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Taylor Ashton! Clawhammer banjo! Illustrations! Canada! He started his career in the alt-folk band Fish & Bird…

Basic Folk 59 – Kora Feder

February 27, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Kora Feder came from a musical family. Her mother is the well regarded singer/songwriter, Rita Hosking. Growing…

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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.