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.
The mountains of Appalachia have produced some of the most memorable music in recent memory. From Dwight Yoakam to Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson to Tyler Childers, plus up-and-comers like Brit Taylor and Leah Blevins, there’s beautiful tunes in “them-thar hills.” Cait Justice’s debut album Angel Teeth from sonaBlast Records offers a new entry in…
A new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. This week, we talk to Cait Justice, whose new album “Angel Teeth” is out now from sonaBlast Records. The singer-songwriter hails from Pikeville, Ky., which is also the home of our loud-mouth co-host Jason Falls.
Frank and Falls talk to Justice about meeting sonaBlast owner Gill Holland, then cutting her first album all in the span of about two weeks, hear some tracks from the LP, and talk about her roots and love of music.
In this clip, Cait and Falls talk about the awesomeness of seeing fellow Kentuckian Sturgill Simpson in concert.
Download the full episode Friday at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, The Mallett Brothers join Frank and Falls to talk about their new album “Higher up in the Hills.”
Luke and Will are actually sons of a famous folk musician father. David Mallett was a big influence on their lives and music. Luke explained what growing up with a singer-songwriter father was like.
Check out the full episode at RootsMusicRambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, The Mallett Brothers join Frank and Falls to talk about their new album “Higher up in the Hills.”
The band was recently featured on an episode of American Forests on PBS, a show hosted by legendary musican Chuck Leavell. Will talked about how that collaboration came together.
Check out the full episode at RootsMusicRambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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A new episode of Roots Music Rambler is live! This week, Frank and Falls talk to The Mallett Brothers about their new album “Higher up in the Hills.” Luke and Will Mallett are from folk music loyalty. They talked about the impact and influence their famous father David Mallett had on their musical education, evolution and outpu.
Falls also lays down an epic rant about haters of both sides of the musical aisle. It’s well worth checking out the full episode, here on YouTube, at RootsMusicRambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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