The Tumultuous Childhood of Singer-Songwriter Dakota Ray Parker
We interviewed @dakotarayparker this week on Roots Music Rambler. To say he had a challenging childhood would be an understatement. He took…
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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.
What Dakota Ray Parker learned about making records in 2025
A new episode of Roots Music Rambler is out and this week we talk to singer-songwriter @dakotarayparker. He shared his learnings from…
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Dakota Ray Parker overcame a tumultuous childhood by escaping into music
Singer-songwriter @dakotarayparker is our guest on a BRAND NEW EPISODE of Roots Music Rambler this week. We talked to him about a…
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Dakota Ray Parker loved a job, then didnt’, so he quit to be a musician
EPISODE DROP! A new Roots Music Rambler dropped this morning on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. This week, we learn the…
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Dakota Ray Parker turns a life of struggle to good country music
If most of us grew up the way Dakota Ray Parker did, we’d have given up a long time ago. But the…
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