Ben Chapman drops surprise news including new album and collaboration hints on RMR
Roots Music Rambler is not designed to be a breaking news outlet, but don’t tell Ben Chapman that. In our recent sit-down…
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Irishman Mark Geary mixes delightful melodies with dark melancholy
For Ireland’s Mark Geary, America was everything. He moved to New York in the 1990s and cut his teeth in the music…
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Logan Ledger brings California Country Cool to the Americana Scene
If you’ve listened to Roots Music Rambler much at all you know Frank and Falls are suckers for the new wave of…
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Storyteller Gabe Lee talks songwriting, family and growing up in Nashville
Songwriters and storytellers are at the core of Americana music. Few conversations in the genre go very long without the mention of…
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Cait Justice Debut Reveals a Fresh Voice from Appalachia
The mountains of Appalachia have produced some of the most memorable music in recent memory. From Dwight Yoakam to Chris Stapleton and…
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The Mallett Brothers Band is back with Higher Up in the Hills
Folk rockers The Mallett Brothers are back with a new album on April 4 called “Higher up in the Hills.” Luke and…
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Flatpicker Tyler Grant talks about his journey, new songs, album
There’s nothing we love more on Roots Music Rambler than digging into the stories behind songs, albums and artists, especially when geography…
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Have Music Festivals Jumped the Shark?
It’s no secret that the Roots Music Rambler team loves a good music festival. But as we’ve discussed before, there are perhaps…
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Shepherd Hits 2025 with a new single, plans for lots of new music
There are few artists out there who fit the Americana music label by decidedly not fitting in any single box better than…
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Roots Music Rambler’s Top 10 Songs & Albums from 2024
Well, 2024 is in the books and what a year we saw in Americana and Roots Music. From Sierra Ferrell’s explosion to…
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Inside the Stories and Experience of Singer-Songwriter Margo Cilker
It’s not often Rolling Stone compares a singer-songwriter to John Prine. But they did just that when they heard “Steelhead Trout” by…
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Celebrating Bluegrass, Harmony and Family with the Bibelhauser Brothers
Few musicians today stay as busy as Aaron Bibelhauser. Not only is he a prolific songwriter and one half of the twin…
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