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WoodSongs Kids 312: The Roan Street Ramblers & Memphis Maddie

by Genevieve Sponsler

September 29, 2026

Featured on WCNY’s kids’ hour on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. is WoodSongs Kids. The series showcases young musicians and performers. It’s recorded in front of a theatre audience at the historic Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky.

In this episode: The Roan Street Ramblers are a family Bluegrass band from Johnson City, Tennessee. The band consists of their mother Leslie on guitar, Lucy (14) on the fiddle, River (12) on the Banjo, Sawyer on mandolin and family friend Gary Taylor playing bass.

Memphis Maddie is 13 years old and from Memphis, TN. She plays guitar and sings.