The Goodwill CD that led Aaron Kelly to John Prine
One secondhand CD sent @aaronkelly down a John Prine rabbit hole. Then the first album stopped him in his tracks: songs he…
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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.
EPISODE DROP: Aaron Kelly on songwriting as therapy
EPISODE DROP! For @aaronkelly, songwriting is a way to work through life—and a reason to get up and write every day. He…
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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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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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