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 new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday. This week Frank and Falls chat with Jeremy and Della Marshall from @hollerheadmusic about a new album, the summer festival circuit and more.
And speaking of festivals, both of us attended @crossroadsacousticfest in Seymour, Indiana recently. And we learned something about the place. It came up when we were discussing artists we don’t like (for reasons other than music) on the show.
Get ready to download, watch and listen Friday on our YouTube channel, at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you listen to podcasts.
#hollerhead #americanamusic #seymourindiana #countrymusic
On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, Frank and Falls share their top five favorite songwriters. Falls pulled out a gem he saw in a coffee shop 25 years ago and now is on a quest to get David LaMotte on the show!
The episode guest this week is Ismay (Avery Hellman) whose new album Half Truth comes out in June. They also directed and starred in a documentary called “Finding Lucinda” about Hellman’s journey to discover more about her musical hero.
Listen to or watch the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel at @rootsmusicrambler or listen wherever you get podcasts.
#songwriters #songwriting #davidlamotte #ismaymusic #lucindawilliams
You should know by now the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler features singer, songwriter, documentary film director, farmer, poet and musician @ismaymusic (Avery Hellman). But one of the topics we discussed on the episode you may not know about is a good one!
Hellman and friend of the show @margocilker recently co-founded a new record label called Fossil Records. They say it is, “a cooperative project of musicians, writers and artists from the American West.”
Hellman told us more about the collaboration.
Watch the episode right now on our YouTube channel (@rootsmusicrambler) on our website at rootsmusicrambler.com or listen wherever you get podcasts! We talked about so much more than Fossil Records. It’ll be worth your time!
#ismaymusic #folkmusic #americanamusic #lucindawilliams #fossilrecords
Don’t miss the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler! Not only will you learn a lot about Lucinda Williams, but you’ll hear artist @ismaymusic’s journey to discover the songwriter in their documentary film “Finding Lucinda.” Ismay (Avery Hellman) joined us to talk about the movie, their music, songwriting, poetry and a lot more.
They explained Lucinda Williams’s upbringing was not a normal childhood.
Watch the episode right now on our YouTube channel (@rootsmusicrambler) on our website at rootsmusicrambler.com or listen wherever you get podcasts!
Frank and Falls also list their top five favorite songwriter and have great Pickin’ the Grinnin’ shares for the week.
#ismaymusic #folkmusic #americanamusic #lucindawilliams #musicdocumentaries
On an all-new episode of Roots Music Rambler, Americana/Folk artist @ismaymusic (Avery Hellman) joins us to talk about how their documentary film “Finding Lucinda” led to their discovery of poetry and a new way of writing music. Her new album “Half Truth” comes out next month and is their first after the Odyssey-like journey to learn more about Williams’s life.
Hellman told us how they became a Lucinda Williams fan. But we talked about so much more.
Watch the episode right now on our YouTube channel (@rootsmusicrambler) on our website at rootsmusicrambler.com or listen wherever you get podcasts!
#ismaymusic #folkmusic #americanamusic #lucindawilliams #musicdocumentaries
