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.
Immensely talented singer-songwriter and banjo player @kaiakater is the guest on this week’s Roots Music Rambler. She says her “hippie” family in Canada was largely responsible for the foundation that led her to be a musician. She told us about her grandparents and a family that played around the kitchen when she was young.
You can hear more of her background, more about her new album and her thoughts on black representation in bluegrass and country music on the full episode, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lots of people have opinions about Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter, but we don’t hear enough from the female black artists in country and bluegrass music about it. So @kaiakater chimed in about the LP on the latest Roots Music Rambler. Hear her thoughts as well as more about her new album and music on the episode.
The full episode is live at rootsmusicrambler.com wherever you get your podcasts!
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The latest episode of Roots Music Rambler is live! Kaia Kater joins the show to talk about her new album “Strange Medicine” which she says had a couple of important roles for her. First, she pulled back from the music industry demands of commercial success. But she also wanted to use it as a stake in the ground to help use her art to open the doors wider for diversity and representation in all of music.
Frank and Falls also talk about Railbird 2024, big vs. intimate music settings and share their Pickin’ the Grinnin’ picks for you this week.
The full episode is live at rootsmusicrambler.com wherever you get your podcasts!
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Ramber, Kaia Kater talks about her new album Strange Medicine and its single The Witch. Kater said it aligns with the theme of aggressive revenge-on-men songs of other artists, but takes its inspiration from history like The Salem Witch trials.
Hear the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Believe it or not, Rhiannon Giddens isn’t the only black banjo player turning heads in Americana Music. Kaia Kater’s first album in six years is out and the likes of Rolling Stone, No Depression and more are giving it glowing marks. She’s not just turning out a unique sound and a very different take on…
