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Roots Music Rambler

Discovering The Roots Of Music Through Travel

Music + Travel

“Til… the magnolias bloom”

May 8, 2020 by Francesca 1 Comment

Magnolia trees

I don’t get excited about flowers and I don’t know a whole lot about trees. But I do know that I love magnolias. When I was an undergrad at Michigan State University, I was enamored by the magnolia trees around campus. Growing up in the middle of Chicago, I don’t know that I’d ever seen […]

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An introduction to Irish trad music

January 4, 2019 by Francesca 1 Comment

Uilleann pipes

Even as a lifelong music enthusiast, I was unfamiliar with the term “trad music” until just a few months ago. I figured it was short for “traditional music” – and it is. But I was unaware that it’s the term used to describe, in one country, especially, almost a way of life. The country I’m […]

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for…

November 14, 2018 by Francesca 19 Comments

I’ve said before that this blog is a passion project of mine. Music, in general, has played such an important role in my life since I was quite young. In more recent decades, roots music and its offshoots (namely Americana and alt-country) have become my sustenance. This type of music and the stories spun by […]

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What is roots music?

November 2, 2018 by Francesca Leave a Comment

Now that the site is live and I’ve told the story behind how it all started, it’s a good time to focus on the music. Other than being the inspiration for this blog, what exactly is roots music? This is where it gets interesting. It’s not just one type or genre of music. Rather, it’s […]

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Music + travel: How it all started for me

October 25, 2018 by Francesca 3 Comments

Music + travel: How it all started for me

This post contains affiliate links. Read full disclosure here. “People have been on the move throughout history, and music has always moved with them.” I came across this quote a few years ago at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona (the MIM is outstanding, by the way). It caused me to stop and […]

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