Brit Taylor Flips Kentucky Blue to a Chart-Climbing Bluegrass Album

Welcome to Episode 16 of Roots Music Rambler! Join us – hosts Francesca Folinazzo (Frank) and Jason Falls (Falls) as we explore the real roots of the music we love.
This week, Falls caught up with rising star Brit Taylor before a recent performance in support of her Kentucky Bluegrassed album. The Hindman, Ky., native actually took 2023’s Kentucky Blue, her second album comprised of a number of strong country and Americana nongs, and rendered a bluegrass version of many of those songs with Kentucky Bluegrassed. 
The bluegrass version entered the Americana Music Association charts in early March as Taylor went on the road to promote both records. Kentucky Blue was produced by Sturgill Simpson and Dave Ferguson. Taylor also previous wrote songs with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. 
Frank and Falls also talk about his trip to see Taylor play which included some celebrity spotting, of sorts. They also chat about the potential break-up of Lovejoy, Falls’s experience seeing Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit for the first time. 
And, of course, both share their regular pickin’ the grinnin’ recommendations for new music. 
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Notes and links:

Lovejoy controversy on The Mirror

Brit Taylor online

Brit Taylor on Instagram

Kentucky Blue on Spotify

Kentucky Bluegrassed on Spotify

The Americana Music Association charts (current not archived)

Silas House on Wikipedia

Kindred Valley on Spotify

Falls’s Instagram post from the Jason Isbell show

Isbell’s Threads post Frank commented on

Joan Shelley on Spotify

The Roots Music Rambler Store

Roots Music Rambler on Instagram

Roots Music Rambler on TikTok 

Roots Music Rambler on Facebook

Jason Falls on Instagram

Francesca Folinazzo on Instagram

Pickin’ the Grinnin’ Recommendations

Smushie on Spotify

Reilly Downes & The Acid Cowboys on Spotify

Sparkle Carcass on Spotify

The Waco Brothers on Spotify

Jon Langford on Spotify

Cabeza de Chivo on Spotify

Hermanos Gutierrez on Spotify

Logan Ledger on Spotify

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