Secondhand pants, a curious dog and a songwriter who keeps listening: Aaron Kelly | RMR 97
A good song can start just about anywhere. For Aaron Kelly, that includes a trip to Goodwill, a dog sniffing his pants…
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Author: Frank & Falls
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.
Aaron Kelly buys his own pants back at Goodwill
@aaronkelly donated his patched-up pants to Goodwill. Fourteen months later, they were still on the rack. So he bought them back. Sometimes…
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Why Jack Browning Keeps the Unglamorous Songs on Painted Skies
Some of the songs on Painted Skies aren't glamorous. That's the point. Jack Browning has lived with a health condition since he…
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Jack Browning on Being the Outsider Peeking Into Americana
"You've always been the outsider just trying to peek in." That's a line from Jack Browning's song "Perimeter." We asked if he…
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Jack Browning Wants to Sing the London Stories History Forgot
The people history forgot are the ones Jack Browning wants to sing about. His family goes back generations as working-class Londoners. Now…
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