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 Bibelhauser Brothers record Close Harmony is essentially a tribute to other Bluegrass brothers

A new episode of Roots Music Rambler is live and this week’s guests are The Bibelhauser Brothers, Aaron and Adam. They joined us to talk about their latest singles, and their last few albums, including Close Harmony which is a bluegrass brothers celebration.

Frank and Falls also talk about Grammy snubs, Shaboozey and share their Pickin’ the Grinnin’ picks for new music to listen to this week.

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

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Beyonce won’t be the first African-American to win a Grammy for country music – Did you know?

Beyonce could score big with Cowboy Carter at next year’s Grammys, but she won’t be the first black woman to win a grammy in the country category. Falls brings a heck of a trivia question to this week’s Roots Music Rambler.

We also get a visit from the brilliant minds and sounds of the Bibelhauser Brothers. They join us to talk about new singles, albums old and new, and how they came to be rising stars in the bluegrass space.

The episode drops tomorrow at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Can Chris Stapleton hold off Shaboozey for the country Grammy this year?

A new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. In it, Frank and Falls talk about the Grammy nominations and who might win in the Americana / Roots categories. Will it be Beyonce? Stapleton? Musgraves Shaboozey? Frank has some thoughts!

And then the amazing @beebullhowzer brothers join the show to talk about their latest singles, upcoming music and much more.

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

#bibelhauserbrothers #bluegrassmusic #bluegrass #rootsmusic #countrymusic #2025grammys #grammys

Kindred Valley describes Tyler Childers’ impact on the Huntington music scene

On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, Blake Lacy and Noah Freeman from @kindredvalley talk about the West Virginia-based band’s rise to prominence in 2024, a new EP, how the band came together and detail its creative process. The group came together in Huntington, W.Va., on the tail end of Tyler Childers’ rise to prominence, largely through playing pub gigs there.

Falls asked Lacy and Freeman what impact Childers has had on the music scene in Huntington. Hear more of the interview at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

#tylerchilders #kindredvalley #americanamusic #folkrock #folkmusic #westvirginiamusic #westvirginia #countrymusic #indyfolk #singersongwriter #musicpodcast #musicinterview