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.
On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler we talk music festivals with Nate Riggs (NeighborN8), host of The Music Festivals Podcast. He shares his favorites, some hidden gems, the finances of festivals and a lot more.
In this segment, we start by asking the 800-pound gorilla question: Have music festivals jumped the shark? Are there too many? Are they too expensive? Are they too saturated with the same artists?
We go through a lot of topics in the episode which you can hear here on YouTube, or at rootsmusicrambler.com. You can also subscribe and download wherever you get your podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler we talk music festivals with Nate Riggs (NeighborN8), host of The Music Festivals Podcast. He shares his favorites, some hidden gems, the finances of festivals and a lot more.
His biggest concern for music festivals, at least in the Americana space, is the danger of sameness. He explained more in this clip. Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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It’s no secret that the Roots Music Rambler team loves a good music festival. But as we’ve discussed before, there are perhaps too many of them and the costs continue to skyrocket for fans. It just so happens that there exists an entire podcast and YouTube show dedicated to music festivals and its host, Nate…
A new Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. This week, we dig deep into talking music festivals with Nate Riggs (NeighborN8), host of The Music Festivals Podcast.
Nate thinks music festivals may be the key to getting our crazy world out of its funk. We don’t disagree! Hear the full episode and his explanation at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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A new Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. This week, we dig deep into talking music festivals with Nate Riggs (NeighborN8), host of The Music Festivals Podcast.
He got his start in music festivals collecting booze from Christians sneaking alcohol into a Christian one in Ohio. Hear that and his take on things like whether or not today’s festivals have jumped the shark by downloading the full episode. Get it at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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