Rachel Swain hits the ground running with first full-length solo album
One of the Americana voices out of Chicago that you’ve heard Frank talk about on Roots Music Rambler drops her first full-length…
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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.
Singer-songwriter Rachel Swain counts a Devo tribute band in her path to her first solo album
You won't want to miss tomorrow's ALL NEW episode of Roots Music Rambler! @rachelswainmusic tells us all about her musical journey to…
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Jeremy Marshall of Hollerhead points to My Morning Jacket as a big influence
On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, we're joined by Jeremy and Della Marshall from @hollerheadmusic. We talked about everything from…
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Rachel Swain’s new album was driven by her lack of recorded memories of her mother’s voice
A brand new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday -- the very day that our guest's debut album does too! @rachelswainmusic…
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Jason Falls’s cathartic story of finding forgiveness for Oasis and Noel Gallagher
On the latest Roots Music Rambler, Falls shared a bit of a cathartic realization that musical artists we don't necessarily care for…
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