{"podcast":{"title":"Roots Music Rambler","slug":"roots-music-rambler-6599265","podcast_index_feed_id":6599265,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/rootsmusicrambler","website_url":"https://rootsmusicrambler.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cac53a5c-46cf-11ee-a22b-875f6666ac8d/image/RMR-Cover-Art-2024.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Francesca Folinazzo & Jason Falls","episode_count":84,"summary":"Where there are people, there is music. In our celebration of melodies and lyrics, harmonies and riffs, we typically focus on the songs or the people who wrote them. We often overlook the where. Join Francesca and Falls for Roots Music Rambler, a podcast exploration of the where as much as the who or what. We’ll interview emerging and established artists, fans and others in Americana, Outlaw Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Roots, Soul, World and beyond. But we will always get to the stories of where they’re from and how that impacted the music we know and love. It’s more than just their influences. It’s their families. Communities. Cultures. This show is a fun combination of music, travel, history and more. We dig into the stories from artists, musicians, songwriters, producers, fans and beyond, that don’t just expose their musical influences, but their life influences. Music follows the path of human movement. We trace the steps to bring better understanding to what we hear today and why we love it. Join us for the exploration of the real roots of music on Roots Music Rambler.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:17:37.252618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265"},"episode":{"title":"Highway Junkie Andy Thomas’s first solo LP is out and rockin’ out!","slug":"highway-junkie-andy-thomas-s-first-solo-lp-is-out-and-rockin-out","published_at":"2026-03-27T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265/highway-junkie-andy-thomas-s-first-solo-lp-is-out-and-rockin-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265","url":"https://rootsmusic.link/andythomas","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/MPNL8052829694.mp3?updated=1775261758","summary":"There are few things we love better at Roots Music Rambler than talking to an artist about their first album. As this episode drops (March 27), so will southern rocker Andy Thomas’s debut solo record Highway Junkie. Andy spent some time with Frank and Falls recently to talk about the album, his songs and songwriting and a lot more. Thomas is Virginia-born but now based in Florida. He played in a couple of different bands from the time he was a teenager, jamming with his father and brother, until his most recent projects with The Trongone Band and Yarn. The real story of Highway Junkie is that it came after Thomas realized drugs, alcohol and partying were holding him back. This record is the journey of his sobriety as much as anything. Frank and Falls also had a very animated and pointed critique of fans of Treaty Oak Revival fan behavior at recent concerts. They showed clips from TikTok of a recent Lexington, Ky., concert at Rupp Arena in which fans carried on an alarming new tradition of throwing towers of not empty beer cups in the air. It left fans and the arena floor doused with alcohol and Falls called it \"embarrassing\" for Lexington. And as always, the hosts offer their Pickin’ the Grinnin’ choices for music recommendations. This week, Frank points us to the song “Heavy” by Noah Guthrie, which resonated with both hosts. Falls shares singer-songwriter Michaela Anne, whom he saw open for Emily Scott Robinson in February. Watch the Episode on YouTube Download the episode and subscribe at rootsmusicrambler.com, watch the full episode on YouTube, or download wherever you get your podcasts. Also be sure to help spread the love of the show with Roots Music Rambler’s new merch, now available at rootsmusicrambler.com/store. Authentic t-shirts, hats and stickers are now av…","meta_description":"There are few things we love better at Roots Music Rambler than talking to an artist about their first album. As this episode drops (March 27), so will so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4053,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/roots-music-rambler-6599265/episodes/highway-junkie-andy-thomas-s-first-solo-lp-is-out-and-rockin-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265/highway-junkie-andy-thomas-s-first-solo-lp-is-out-and-rockin-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}