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.

Si Kahn Writes For People To Sing Along! #SiKahn #MusicalArtist #rootsmusicrambler

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The latest episode of Roots Music Rambler is live and folk legend Si Kahn joins Frank and Falls for an interesting conversation about his 50-plus years of making music, working with Pete Seeger and much more. When asked about the title of “singer-songwriter” Kahn took a respectful exception to the term.

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Si Kahn Says He Didn’t Plan to Be A Musician! #SiKahn #rootsmusicrambler #musicpodcast

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On Friday’s new episode of Roots Music Rambler, Frank and Falls welcome folk music legend Si Kahn. His first album, New Wood, came out 50 years ago. Kahn talked about his first album and how surprised he was to record it.

Kahn also shared stories of working with Pete Seeger, the folk scene at Harvard in the 1960s and more.
Hear more when the episode drops Friday at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Franchesca Shares Her Definition of “Americana Music” #AmericanaMusic #rootsmusicrambler

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A new episode of Roots Music Rambler comes your way Friday. Folk legend and activist Si Kahn joins the show to talk about his long career of writing songs, organizing communities, advocating for labor unions, his 80th birthday and a lot more.

Frank and Falls also spend some time defining the term “Americana” as it comes to music since there still seems to be a lot of ambiguity in the term.

Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe today and don’t miss an episode.

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Songwriter Renee Maskin Reveals That She Didn’t Grow Up In A Musical Household! (Highlights)

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Don’t miss the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler! Singer-songwriter Renee Maskin visits the program to talk about her new album, songwriting, gender-shifting and her path to a life as a musician. In this segment she talks about her start in music and reveals she’s been writing songs from day one.

Frank and Falls also talk about music documentaries, disc jockeys and more. Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Discover the real roots of music, from Americana, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Soul, World and beyond.

Welcome to Roots Music Rambler!

Hosted by Francesca Folinazzo & Jason Falls. Roots Music Rambler, a podcast exploration of the where as much as the who or what. We’ll interview emerging and established artists, fans and others in Americana, Outlaw Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Roots, Soul, World and beyond. But we will always get to the stories of where they’re from and how that impacted the music we know and love.

It’s more than just their influences. It’s their families. Communities. Cultures. This show is a fun combination of music, travel, history and more. We dig into the stories from artists, musicians, songwriters, producers, fans and beyond, that don’t just expose their musical influences, but their life influences.

Music follows the path of human movement. We trace the steps to bring better understanding to what we hear today and why we love it.

Where music, travel, history and culture intersect

Join us for the exploration of the real roots of music on Roots Music Rambler. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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