Joy Oladokun “Am I?” (LIVE) – Louisville, Ky. – 1/20/25
Joy Oladokun’s “Am I?” (full song) from her Blackbird Tour stop at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 20, 2025.
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.
Joy Oladokun’s “Sweet Symphony” – Louisville – 1/20/25
Joy Oladokun’s “Sweet Symphony” from her Blackbird Tour stop at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Ky., January 20, 2025. She opened the show with a 45-minute solo acoustic set, then brought out the band for an amazing hour of jams.
Roots Music Rambler also features picks for new music
Did you know that one of Roots Music Rambler’s regular segments on each show is the Pickin’ the Grinnin’ segment. Frank and Falls pick music — maybe an artist, maybe an album, maybe a song — that is their pick to make you grin. It’s our way of recommending music.
On the latest episode (which features our chat with singer-songwriter Leah Blevins and drops Friday), Frank picked a former RMR guest (Ella Salter and the Sunday Sinners) as her Pickin’ the Grinnin’!
Listen for Falls’s pick and more at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Leah Blevins reflects on her first album and talks her musical journey
The first time you hear Leah Blevins sing, you immediately notice a voice similar to Dolly Parton. As if that weren’t enough to want to hear more, she belts out influences from Martina McBride, Loretta Lynn and even Stevie Nicks. And she’s poised for a new album later in 2025 that could be the project that vaults her even higher in the country music scene.
Blevins joined Frank and Falls on Roots Music Rambler to talk about what’s coming in 2025. She heads to the studio in February to add to an already released single (Hundred Different Sides). The new project is the first of a two record deal, so the future is bright.
In this segment, Blevins talk about her first album and the journey to readying to record Number Two this year.
Hear the full episode here on YouTube or at rootsmusicrambler.com.
Leah Blevins’s first album was a “Scrapbook” of her 20s
A new episode of Roots Music Rambler is live! Our guest this week is the wonderfully talented Leah Blevins. She talked to us about a lot of things, including her first album, “First Time Feeling,” which she described as a scrapbook of her 20s.
Hear more about Blevins and her music, plus Frank and Falls’s Pickin’ the Grinnin’ picks for new music to listen to by downloading the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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