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 new episode of Roots Music Rambler is live. This week’s guest is blue-collar rocker Shepherd. We asked how he would describe his music, which is a blending of a lot of our favorite genres.
Hear more of his music including his new single, his journey to becoming a musician, new role as a father and more on 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’s guest is blue-collar rocker Shepherd. We asked him about getting into the studio to record from his overstock of new songs.
Hear about the dream versus the reality along with his journey to music, new role as a father and more on 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 and as cool as blue collar rocker Shepherd is now, he says he wasn’t always. We asked him what social clique he was a part of in high school. His answer didn’t surpise anyone.
Hear about his new single, his new role as a father and much more on 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, we talk to singer-songwriter and midwestern blue collar rocker Shepherd. He says 2025 could be a big year for new music. In fact, he’s got too many songs and not enough opportunity to record them.
Hear about his new single, his new role as a father and much more on the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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There are few artists out there who fit the Americana music label by decidedly not fitting in any single box better than Jeff Shepherd. The northern Indiana native has been called rock, blues, outlaw country and punk. His music harkens back to 70s rock but has enough country influences to draw comparisons to southern rock…
