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.
A brand new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday and calling all #gleeks … @only1noah joins us to talk about his incredible journey from posting YouTube videos of cover songs to being discovered to America’s Got Talent to #glee and now to a career and a solo singer-songwriter. He’s got a new album, a deeply personal and powerful new single and talked all about both.
In this clip he told us how it all began … doing his own covers of pop songs on YouTube.
Frank and Falls also clear up recent scuttlebutt involving @manchestermusicfest and share new picks in the Pickin’ the Grinnin’ segment.
Mark your calendars to watch and listen Friday morning at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Singer-songwriter @nathan.evans.fox grew up in a very conservative family environment. That affected his songwriting language and style growing up. He’s spent the last several years reclaiming what he remembers as authentically him.
He says that while his language and even twang is there, he is not capable of authentically playing mainstream country music. He told us “trucks and jello shots” are not themes he comes to naturally. And are we better for it?
Watch and listen to the full episode at RootsMusicRambler.com, on our YouTube channel (@rootsmusicrambler) or listen wherever you find podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, Falls asked singer-songwriter @nathan.evans.fox if it’s harder to write funny and clever or thoughtful and emotional. Fox does both on his new album Heirloom and joined RMR to talk about it, his writing process, background and a lot more.
Watch or listen on YouTube, at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you find podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, singer-songwriter @nathan.evans.fox laments losing his family’s land in North Carolina and that his new album Heirloom is an extension of what he hopes to leave for his children. He also talked about the power and purpose of grief.
The episode is full of brilliant observations by Fox which are more than just deeply thoughtful. He made us laugh a lot, too.
Give it a listen at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Singer-songwriter @nathan.evans.fox is our guest on the new episode of Roots Music Rambler which is live now on YouTube, rootsmusicrambler.com or where you listen to podcasts. We talked about his new album Heirloom, which he told us was a bit of a seed bank on what he wants to leave his children.
Part of the process of writing the album was apparently dealing with the grief of losing family land that has been in his family for four generations. Hear more of his thoughtful and sometimes hysterical anecdotes on the episode now!
The episode also features Frank and Falls’s picks for new music and Roots Music Rambler’s official ballot for the @americanafest annual awards.
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