On Roots Music Rambler this week, Ben Weiss of Pixie and the Partygrass Boys talks about the bluegrass scene in the band’s native Utah, which has been jump-started a bit by band member Amanda Grapes, a Kentuckian.
Hear the full interview and more insights at rootsmusicrambler.com/pixiepartygrass, on the Roots Music Rambler YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
