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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 55 – Crys Matthews

January 30, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Crys Matthews is the self-proclaimed “Poster Child for Intersectionality.” While she’ll say that with a smile, it’s…

Basic Folk 54 – Amythyst Kiah

January 23, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah joins us this week. She can be heard along side Layla McCalla, Allison Russell…

Basic Folk 53 – Rachel Lynne LIVE at Club Passim

January 16, 2020

Powered by RedCircle Rachel Lynne, the highly emotive songwriter, joins us for a live episode at Club Passim! Lynne was…

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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.