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.
Author Amy Bizzarri’s new book is called “The Best Hits on the Blues Highway: Nashville to New Orleans on Route 61.” It is an incredibly useful travel guide to visit music sites, museums and notable places along the path from Music City to N’awlins.
She visited with Roots Music Rambler recently to talk about the book and share her experiences from researching and writing the book.
Hear the full segment with Bizzarri here, then listen to the full episode of Roots Music Rambler featuring mountain and bluegrass music linchpins Larry and Cheryl Webster at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Larry and Cheryl Webster may not be big recording artists or the kind of musicians that sell-out arenas around the world, but they are as important to the music industry and community as anyone that has ever come out of Eastern Kentucky. Their network of contacts and influence put them in the role of linchpin…
On Friday’s new episode of Roots Music Rambler, mountain music mavens Larry and Cheryl Webster talk about why Eastern Kentucky became such a hotbed of mountain and bluegrass music over the years. The couple has spent almost 60 years connecting, promoting, writing and performing with and for musicians in Kentucky and beyond.
The say down with RMR’s Jason Falls who credits the couple with his love of mountain and bluegrass music.
Hear the full episode Friday at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Friday is the next episode drop for Roots Music Rambler. On this week’s episode Jason Falls visits with the roots of his love of mountain music, Larry and Cheryl Webster. They are linchpins in the mountain and folk music community in Kentucky and beyond.
Cheryl Webster told us of her musical roots and family, which includes noted songwriter and musician Darrell Scott, who penned several hit songs including “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” about their great grandparents.
Hear the full interview, a chat with author Amy Bizzarri and Frank and Falls’s picks of the week by listening to the full episode. Find it at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The latest Roots Music Rambler features the strange mind of Aaron Perlut, the founder and leader of the band Atomic Junction. Perlut started playing guitar in his late 40s and soon after started the band and launched into a musical career.
Frank and Falls asked him why the late start in life and discovered some more serious topics beneath the answer.
Hear the full story, some songs from the band and a lot more on the latest episode.
Frank and Falls share their visit to the Tyler Childers Mule Pull Tour, news from Shooter Jennings about his father’s music, and share their Pickin’ the Grinnin’ picks for the week.
Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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