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.
The new darling of old school country music Kimmi Bitter joins Roots Music Rambler this week. The new episode drops on Friday. In it, Bitter talks about how the sudden success of her debut album, Old School, was a long-time coming.
Frank and Falls also debate whether audiobooks are indeed reading and share experiences from recent music festivals in Chicago and Madison, Ind.
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Larry Webster has been a newspaper columnist, songwriter, mountain music expert, musician, entrepreneur, politician and more. But his favorite title over the years is lawyer. He and his wife Cheryl joined us on Roots Music Rambler to talk mostly about the music parts of their lives as connectors and contributors. But Larry loves his role as an attorney.
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Eastern Kentucky and mountain music linchpins Larry and Cheryl Webster not only have a direct impact on the connective tissue of musicians in the mountain, folk and bluegrass music communities, they also have a granddaughter in them. Ella Webster, the current touring fiddle player for Cole Chaney’s band, is their granddaughter and a talented musician.
In this segment, Larry and Cheryl talk about Ella and her younger sister Elizabeth, and their progress as musicians.
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Mountain and traditional folk musician and songwriter Larry Webster loved the genre so much it was one reason he moved to Eastern Kentucky. He told Roots Music Rambler he knew the people because of their music. He’s been a successful attorney and musician there for over 50 years.
He and his wife Cheryl joined us to talk about their roots in music, their impact on the mountain and folk music community and more. Download the full episode at rootsmusicrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Larry and Cheryl Webster join Roots Music Rambler this week to talk about their roots in music and impact on the world of mountain, folk and traditional music in Eastern Kentucky and beyond. Our co-host, Jason Falls, credits their Friday night pickin’ and grinnin’ sessions as giving him the foundation in mountain music that inspired this how.
Falls recently visited the Websters at their home in Elkhorn City, Ky., to get to know more about their path to being musicians and connective tissue for so many others.
Hear this segment that goes into their backgrounds then download and listen to the full episode at rootsmuiscrambler.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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