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.

One artist quickly made it to Jason Falls’s shit list … Here’s why:

A new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops tomorrow morning! Frank and Falls dig into a fun topic before the interview: What artists do you not listen to because of something non-musical (behavior, attitude, etc.) Falls shared a reason one artist is on his list.

The episode focuses, however, on @hollerheadmusic as Jeremy and Della from the Alt-Country/Americana band join us to talk about their music, a new album in the works and a lot more.

Be sure to jump over to rootsmusicrambler.com, our YouTube channel or listen wherever you find podcasts!

#hollerhead #americanamusic #altcountrymusic #altcountry #drunkonstage

What every person from Seymour, Indiana says when you meet them

A new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. This week Frank and Falls chat with Jeremy and Della Marshall from @hollerheadmusic about a new album, the summer festival circuit and more.

And speaking of festivals, both of us attended @crossroadsacousticfest in Seymour, Indiana recently. And we learned something about the place. It came up when we were discussing artists we don’t like (for reasons other than music) on the show.

Get ready to download, watch and listen Friday on our YouTube channel, at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.

#hollerhead #americanamusic #seymourindiana #countrymusic

Why David LaMotte is one of Jason Falls’s favorite songwriters

On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, Frank and Falls share their top five favorite songwriters. Falls pulled out a gem he saw in a coffee shop 25 years ago and now is on a quest to get David LaMotte on the show!

The episode guest this week is Ismay (Avery Hellman) whose new album Half Truth comes out in June. They also directed and starred in a documentary called “Finding Lucinda” about Hellman’s journey to discover more about her musical hero.

Listen to or watch the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel at @rootsmusicrambler or listen wherever you get podcasts.

#songwriters #songwriting #davidlamotte #ismaymusic #lucindawilliams

The Impetus for Avery Hellman and Margo Cilker to found Fossil Records

You should know by now the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler features singer, songwriter, documentary film director, farmer, poet and musician @ismaymusic (Avery Hellman). But one of the topics we discussed on the episode you may not know about is a good one!

Hellman and friend of the show @margocilker recently co-founded a new record label called Fossil Records. They say it is, “a cooperative project of musicians, writers and artists from the American West.”

Hellman told us more about the collaboration.

Watch the episode right now on our YouTube channel (@rootsmusicrambler) on our website at rootsmusicrambler.com or listen wherever you get podcasts! We talked about so much more than Fossil Records. It’ll be worth your time!

#ismaymusic #folkmusic #americanamusic #lucindawilliams #fossilrecords