Chicagoan Francesca Folinazzo (Frank) founded Roots Music Rambler as a music and travel blog in a pre-pandemic world. COVID killed events and travel plus her desire to play her banjo. Falls texted her in 2023 and said, 'Let's bring it back as a podcast!' He was raised on John Prine, babysat on Waylon Jennings and taught to drink and cuss the proper, mountain way. He hails from Pikeville, Ky., the birthplace of Dwight Yoakum, whose annual festival is Hillbilly Days.

Kimmi Bitter says her great branding is all her, which is common for indy artists

On Friday’s new episode of Roots Music Rambler, hot new country star Kimmi Bitter talks about her new album Old School and its sudden rise to popularity. She also talked about how independent artists often wear all the hats in their musical career and how she came to be her own marketing agency, too.

Hear more when the episode drops Friday at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Kimmi Bitter talks about the sudden success of Old School

The new darling of old school country music Kimmi Bitter joins Roots Music Rambler this week. The new episode drops on Friday. In it, Bitter talks about how the sudden success of her debut album, Old School, was a long-time coming.

Frank and Falls also debate whether audiobooks are indeed reading and share experiences from recent music festivals in Chicago and Madison, Ind.

Get the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe today!.

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Of all his various titles over the years, Larry Webster loves “lawyer” the best

Larry Webster has been a newspaper columnist, songwriter, mountain music expert, musician, entrepreneur, politician and more. But his favorite title over the years is lawyer. He and his wife Cheryl joined us on Roots Music Rambler to talk mostly about the music parts of their lives as connectors and contributors. But Larry loves his role as an attorney.

Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Larry and Cheryl Webster are proud grandparents of touring musician Ella Webster

Eastern Kentucky and mountain music linchpins Larry and Cheryl Webster not only have a direct impact on the connective tissue of musicians in the mountain, folk and bluegrass music communities, they also have a granddaughter in them. Ella Webster, the current touring fiddle player for Cole Chaney’s band, is their granddaughter and a talented musician.

In this segment, Larry and Cheryl talk about Ella and her younger sister Elizabeth, and their progress as musicians.

Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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