Oliver Sayani went to Louisville for engineering. Music changed the plan.
Oliver Sayani went to Louisville to become an engineer. In the back of his mind, though, he remembered something a family friend…
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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.
Oliver Sayani went to Louisville to become an engineer. In the back of his mind, though, he remembered something a family friend…
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Some kids discover country music on the radio. Oliver Sayani got a memorable introduction from a bearded stranger in a poncho who…
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A stranger in a poncho played a couple of John Prine songs for Oliver Sayani and his friends. Then he seemed to…
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Rehearsal time was short. The drummer showed up with three pages of notes. Randon Neeley talks about the musicians who helped bring…
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