Oliver Sayani’s roommate became his roadie and bodyguard
A good roommate helps carry your amps. Oliver Sayani’s Louisville roommate could also double as security. The former football player became part…
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Author: Frank & Falls
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.
A slow, sad song won over a rowdy room | Oliver Sayani
A slow, sad song in a rowdy room full of people drinking? Oliver Sayani wasn’t sure how that would go. Then the…
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The song that connects Oliver Sayani to home | Mountain Ballad
The saddest song can sometimes be the one that starts bringing you back up. Oliver Sayani says “Mountain Ballad” connects him to…
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Finding a producer who hears the sound in your head | Oliver Sayani
Plenty of people can make a good record. Finding someone who understands the sound you hear in your own head is another…
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Oliver Sayani went to Louisville for engineering. Music changed the plan.
Oliver Sayani went to Louisville to become an engineer. In the back of his mind, though, he remembered something a family friend…
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