FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Basia Bulat, Gary Louris, Benmont Tench and more

FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Basia Bulat, Gary Louris, Benmont Tench and more

You could call the structure of this column “songwriters up front, instrumentalists in back,” but in reality the line between them gets blurry. Canadian chanteuse Basia Bulat, Jayhawks mainstay Gary Louris, and rising star Kora Feder all have distinctive voices as both singers and writers, but they’re accomplished players as well. Benmont Tench and Phil Cook are both renowned collaborators who step out in different directions on their new record…