Brand New Box of Matches Evolves From Pandemic Pickers to Hit 2026 in Stride
Elizabeth Sherman and Ryan Hardison started out as a couple. Then started tinkering with bluegrass music. Then the pandemic hit and they…
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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.
Brand New Box of Matches thought they were easing back into live gigs after the pandemic. Nope.
On tomorrow's all-new episode of Roots Music Rambler, Elizabeth Sherman and Ryan Hardison from @brandnewboxofmatches join us to talk about their path…
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Brand New Box of Matches used the pandemic as an 18-month rehearsal to become good live
A brand new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday!!! This week, we're spending time with Elizabeth Sherman and Ryan Hardison the…
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She Returns From War announces new album coming in 2026!
On this week's new episode of Roots Music Rambler, Hunter Park from @shereturnsfromwar revealed that she has finished a brand new country…
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She Returns From War’s Hunter Park on the Charleston, S.C. music community
The latest episode of Roots Music Rambler is live and features @sheturnsfromwar front woman and founder Hunter Park. She told us all…
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