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Roots Music Rambler follows the stories, songs, rooms, roads, and people behind the music. Listen, watch, and travel through a growing episode library built for fans who want the deeper thread.
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Settle into interviews, Backstage clips, road stories, and the songs that keep pointing us back to where American roots music begins.
Independent folk artist Julia Sanders offers deep introspection in cross-continent creative process
Long-time listeners to Roots Music Rambler know we love to focus on the sense of place and how it impacts the songwriting…
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Sam Morrow returns to Texas, Rock & Roll with Southern Boogie
The music business has had ups and downs for Houston native Sam Morrow. He’s bounced around geographically and within his own sound…
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We’re witnessing the rocket ship that is Hunter Flynn
Welcome to another in our Backstage episode of Roots Music Rambler. These are short interviews Frank and Falls are able to grab…
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Blake Christiana chats about 20-plus years of Yarn, new album and more
Rock, rhythm and blues band Yarn made a triumphant return to the Americana charts this spring with their new album Saturday Night…
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Roots Music Rambler Backstage with West Virginia Singer-Songwriter William Matheny
Welcome to another in our Backstage episode of Roots Music Rambler. These are short interviews Frank and Falls are able to grab…
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Logan Mac Pours His Heart Into Debut Album Til the Ground
It normally only takes a song or two for anyone to get sentimental or teary-eyed at a Logan Mac show. Frank and…
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Roots Music Rambler Backstage with Robby Chadwell from Flood With Love
Welcome to another in our Backstage episode of Roots Music Rambler. These are short interviews Frank and Falls are able to grab…
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Adam Chaffins doubles down on Trailer Trash with Doublewide
Adam Chaffins has spent more than a decade and a half in Nashville, playing in bands, picking up tours with other artists,…
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Listen on the road
Conversations for anyone chasing the source of a song.
From Kentucky stages and the Chicago honky-tonk scene to the artists carrying old sounds forward, Roots Music Rambler follows the thread wherever it leads.
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Long-form interviews
Full conversations with artists, writers, players, and people close to the music.
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Backstage clips
Shorter moments for quick discoveries between Friday episode drops.
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Road notes
Places, scenes, and side trails that give roots music its lived-in context.