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.
Another NEW EPISODE of Roots Music Rambler drops this Friday! We’re talking to Kentucky-based singer-songwriter @taylorlansdalemusic who fellow artist Brett Noland called “an Appalachian love child of Jason Isbell and Ryan Adams.”
We asked Taylor what he thought of such high praise while chatting with him about his new album, songwriting, who he’s listening to these days and a lot more.
Set a reminder to head to rootsmusicrambler.com, jump over to our YouTube page or hit those podcast places on Friday to hear the full episode.
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Ramona and the Holy Smokes new eponymous new album shot up to No. 3 on the Alt-Country charts right out of the gate. It’s on several other charts, too. Ramona Martinez joined us on Roots Music Rambler to talk about the album, the success and a lot more.
She took a moment to recognize that the members of her band seem destined to be with her on this journey.
Hear the full interview, see Falls’s old stomping grounds and get his and Frank’s Pickin’ the Grinnin’ reccos for the week. Find the show on YouTube, at rootsmusicrambler.com or download wherever you find podcasts.
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On the latest episode of Roots Music Rambler, we talk to Ramona Martinez from @ramonaandtheholysmokes. She’s the daughter of world-traveling diplomatic parents and wasn’t specifically influenced by country music. But a radio gig led her listen and research country music so much, when she started writing music, it came out that way.
We talked about her new album, the diverse upbringing she had, more public radio and a lot more. Download the episode where ever you get podcasts, find it at rootsmusicrambler.com or look us up on YouTube where you can watch as well as listen!
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The latest episode of Roots Music Rambler is soooo good! We talk to Ramona Martinez from @ramonaandtheholysmokes. She grew up in several country around the world with diplomat parents. Her family is Latin-American, but she wasn’t necessarily raised in that culture.
She talked about the cultural mix of her childhood and the calling to bridge that with her Latin heritage in her country music band. We also dug deep into her songwriting, her background in radio and a lot more.
Well worth the listen. You can watch on YouTube, at RootsMusicRambler.com or download wherever you get podcasts.
(Except Spotify because they don’t allow for podcasts who pay music rights to have their episodes cleared. So far.)
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The latest episode of Roots Music Rambler is LIVE today! Frank and Falls sit down with Ramona Martinez of @ramonaandtheholysmokes to talk about their new chart-blistering album, her musical background, how a Virginia band is bringing traditional country and Latin music together and a lot more.
We also share our weekly pickin’ the grinnin’ recommendations for music which touches on a little emotion for us. But that’s why music is so important … it helps connect us to others.
Watch or listen on YouTube, at RootsMusicRambler.com or download wherever you get your podcasts!
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