Videos

Damn Tall Buildings members bring more than music playing to the table

The fascinating bluegrass band @gramtallbuildings is our guest this week on Roots Music Rambler. Episode drops tomorrow morning!

Fiddler Avery Ballotta joined us to talk about the Brooklyn-based band and explained how the three members met at Berklee and bring more than just a passion for playing bluegrass music to the table. He told us about his bandmates Sasha Dubyk and Max Capistran who also run a music education program.

Hear the full interview plus Frank and Falls’s Pickin’ The Grinnin’ pics of the week tomorrow morning at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts!

#bluegrassmusic #damntallbuildings @ivprnashville #musiceducation

Damn Tall Buildings fiddler Avery Ballotta’s Montana music background

Friday’s new episode of Roots Music Rambler features Avery Ballotta from @gramtallbuildings. While he and the group are based in Brooklyn, N.Y., Avery first discovered bluegrass and fiddle playing in his home state of Montana.

Join us for the full episode Friday and hear more about the coming together of Damn Tall Buildings, their music education focus and overseas ambassador trips to spread music and a lot more. The episode drops Friday morning at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts!

#bluegrassmusic #damntallbuildings @ivprnashville #americanamusic #rootsmusic

How bluegrass trio Damn Tall Buildings came together

A new episode of Roots Music Rambler drops Friday! This week we talk to Avery Ballotta from Damn Tall Buildings – A great #bluegrass group based in Brooklyn, N.Y. We talk about the band’s background, how three musicians not from bluegrass-centric parts of the world can form a New York based bluegrass band and a lot more.

Avery told us they all met at Berklee College of Music in Boston, even.

Plus, Frank and Falls dole out their Pickin’ The Grinnin’ recommendations for the week and Falls talks about the Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White.

Download and watch or listen to the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com, on our YouTube channel or wherever you get podcasts!

#damntallbuildings #bluegrassmusic #berklee #americanamusic

Ashton and Allen from The Creekers Talk Sell-Out Success

Our year-ender for 2025 is live at rootsmusicrambler.com, on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts! As a special bonus, we share my backstage interview with Ashton Bowling and Allen Hacker from The Creekers from last month.

Here’s a little snippet of that for ya.

In the full episode, Frank and I run down our top new artists, songs, albums and concert events of the year!

Dial it up and see if you agree or we missed anyone!

#rootsmusic #americanamusic #thecreekers #musicpodcast

What is the best Americana song of 2025? Frank and Falls Discuss!

What’s the best Americana song of 2025? Frank and Falls hash out the best songs, albums, new artists and events of the last year! Falls even says this year’s best song is his all-time favorite best song.

Which one are they talking about?

Find out now by watching the full episode on YouTube, at RootsMusicRambler.com or downloading wherever you get your podcasts!

#yearinreview #2025inreview #bestsongsof2025 #americanamusic