{"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":"Roots Music Rambler’s Best Albums, Songs, Artists & Events of 2025","slug":"roots-music-rambler-s-best-albums-songs-artists-events-of-2025","published_at":"2025-12-28T16:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265/roots-music-rambler-s-best-albums-songs-artists-events-of-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/roots-music-rambler-6599265","url":"https://rootsmusic.link/2025yearinreview","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/MPNL5181837470.mp3?updated=1766935954","summary":"The Year 2025 has been a fairly impressive one in Americana and Roots Music and Roots Music Rambler fans have been there for it. On our year-ender episode, Frank and Falls not only recap their favorite new artists, albums and songs, but recall their favorite concerts and events of the year. And, as a bonus, Falls caught up with Ashton Bowling and Allen Hacker from The Creekers backstage at their recent holiday tour stop in Louisville, Ky. The short green room interview is an added bonus to an episode that celebrates the year we had. What’s your pick for Americana Album of the Year? The year 2025 had too many to choose from. Molly Tuttle, I’m With Her, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Nicholas Jamerson, Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell and many, many more all produced great albums this year. And songs? From Kashsus Culpepper’s Believe to Molly Tuttle’s That’s Gonna Leave A Mark and Tyler Childers’ Bitin’ List to I’m With Her’s Ancient Light, there’s an entire playlist full of potential best songs of the year to choose from. Frank and Falls also talk about the best new artist for 2025. Depending on your definition of new artist, some names we had on our list include Jesse Wells, Cait Justice, Del Roscoe, Ramona & The Holy Smokes, and even our bonus guests, The Creekers could all be up for that honor. And in true Roots Music Rambler fashion, Frank and Falls look back on the best live shows they saw in 2025. Their top choices may surprise you. And, if you’re interested, Falls actually did a Top Songs countdown on our companion radio show, Appalachian Echoes. You can see his countdown, which includes a heavy bias toward Appalachian artists, on the Appalachian Echoes website. Watch the Episode on YouTube Download the episode and subscribe at rootsmusicrambler.com, watch the full epi…","meta_description":"The Year 2025 has been a fairly impressive one in Americana and Roots Music and Roots Music Rambler fans have been there for it. On our year-ender episode…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4148,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/roots-music-rambler-6599265/episodes/roots-music-rambler-s-best-albums-songs-artists-events-of-2025/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/roots-music-rambler-s-best-albums-songs-artists-events-of-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}