Freight Train Boogie Show #566

FTB podcast #566 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Shawn Camp, Meredith Moon, John Gorka and the late Todd Snider. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #566

Kurt Lee Wheeler – Portland  Lathemtown
Colter Wall – 1800 Miles  Memories and Empties
Meghan Clarisse –  Strong Shadows of a Ghost Town  
Joshua Hedley – Fresh Hot Biscuits   All Hat
(mic break)
John Gorka – Particle & Wave (Goodness In The World)  unentitled
William Prince –  All the Same  Further From the Country
Meredith Moon – East City Blues  From Here To The Sea
The Far West – Happy Now Everything We Thought We Wanted 
Luke Bell – Dark House Of Fools The King Is Back
(mic break)
Joshua Ray Walker  – Stuff  Stuff
Jeremy Pinnell – Barabbas  Decades
Shawn Camp – Old Hillbilly Hand-Me-Down The Ghost of Sis Draper
Melissa Carper – Made With Love  A Very Carper Christmas
(mic break)
Todd Snider – While We Still Have A Chance High, Lonesome and Then Some.
Todd Snider – Play A Train Song  East Nashville Skyline

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(Nov. 23nd, 2025)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #565

FTB podcast #565 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Josh Ritter, Nicki Bluhm, Robbie Fulks, West Texas Exiles and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #565

Brennen Leigh – A Reason To Drink Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love 
Dallas Burrow – When The Cowboy Rides The Way The West Was Won
West Texas Exiles – Division feat. Kelly Willis 8000 Days
Forrest VanTuyl – Mercury Comet Old Trails
 (mic break)
Alison Brown & Steve Martin – Dear Time feat. Jackson Browne  Safe, Sensible And Sane
Nicki Bluhm – Cumberland Banks Rancho Deluxe 
Jeff Berkley – People A Buffalo Trace
Clover County – Good Game Finer Things
Otis Gibbs – Unloved Flower The Trust of Crows 
(mic break)
Chaparelle and Sierra Ferrell – When It Snows In Texas
Josh Ritter – The Throne I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Jesse Welles – Will The Computer Love The Sunset Pilgrim
Dar Williams – Hummingbird Highway Hummingbird Highway
(mic break)
Robbie Fulks – Workin’ No More Blues  Now Then
Poi Rogers – You’re All That I Need Twilight Blues
Paul Burch – One If By Land Cry Love
(mic break)
Margo Price – Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down Hard Headed Woman

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(Oct. 30th, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #564

FTB podcast #564 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Hayes Carll, Briscoe, Carla Gover, Jubal Lee Young and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #564

Cole Quest & The City Pickers – She Talks A Lot (And I Like It) Homegrown
Emily Lubitz – Big Time Two Black Horses
Of Good Nature – Hold Me feat. G. Love & Special Sauce (single)
Brent Cobb & The Fixin’s – Bad Feelin’ Ain’t Rocked in a While
(mic break)
Briscoe – Roughnecks  Heat of July
Sunny Sweeney – Traveling On Rhinestone Requiem
Gary Nicholson – We Don’t Talk About It Common Sense
The Wood Brothers –  Pray God Listens Puff of Smoke
Jubal Lee Young – Squirrels Squirrels
(mic break)
Hot Club of Cowtown – Lily Dale Limelight
Stillhouse Junkies – Lord Have Mercy The Ballad of Charlie Avalon
Nathan Evans Fox – Hillybilly Hymn (Okra and Cigarettes) (single)
Carla Gover Hug More Necks  Kentucky Queen
Hayes Carll – May I Never  We’re Only Human
(mic break)
Flaco Jimenez – Across The Borderline feat, John Hiatt Partners


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(Aug. 18th, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #563

FTB podcast #563 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Tami Neilson, Vincent Cross, BettySoo, The Wildmans and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #563

Willi Carlisle – Work Is Work Winged Victory
Amy Lashley – Bearded Iris Flatland Blossoms
Vincent Cross – Water Under The Bridge A Place Where Songs Come to Live
John Jenkins – Cruel Wind Restless Hearts
(
mic break)
Eli West – Rocks and Trees The Shape of a Sway
The Wildmans –  Sometimes Longtime Friend
Patty Griffin – Back at the Start  Crown Of Roses
Peter Bruntnell – Out of the Pines Houdini & The Sucker Punch  
Grayson Jenkins – Good Times Go  Country Parables
(mic break)
Mose Wilson – That’s Love  That’s Love
BettySoo –  What Do You Want From Me Now  If You Never Go Away
Haystack Slim & The Broken Arrow – Bad Behavior Whiskey Rainbow
Tami Neilson – Heartbreak City, USA Neon Cowgirl
(mic break)
Ketch Secor – What Nashville Was Story The Crow Told Me

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(June 19th, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #561

FTB podcast #561 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Eliza Gilkyson, Chaparelle, Eric Schmitt, Leftover Salmon and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #561

The Faux Paws – Night  No Bad Ideas
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Short Con  Volume 4
Shinyribs – Leaving Time Leaving Time
Turnpike Troubadours – Searching For A Light Price of Admission   
(mic break)
C. Daniel Boling – What Could Possibly Go Wrong feat. Tom Paxton – It Matters
Eliza Gilkyson – Times Like These  Dark Ages 
Mark Rubin – Dog Whistle Dispatches: Songs from a World Gone Mad
Chaparelle – Inside The Lines Western Pleasure
Horsebath – Hard To Love Another Farewell 
(mic break)
The Wildwoods – I Will Follow You to Willow Dear Meadowlark
Adam Hood, Brent Cobb – Four On The Floor (single)
Mattie Schell – Coast To Coast Everything Means Nothing
Eric Schmitt – One Of These Days  Wait For The Night
Leftover Salmon –  Good Dog Let’s Party About It
(mic break)
Kinky Friedman – See You Down The Highway Poet of Motel 6 
Jill Sobule – A Good Life

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(May 12th, 2025)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #560

FTB podcast #560 features two great new releases, Suzy Thompson‘s Suzy Sings Siebel and Why The Worry by Seth Walker. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #560

Seth Walker – I’m Getting Ready Why The Worry
Suzy Thompson –  Bride 1945 Suzy Sings Siebel 
R. Shayne Floyd – Riverland Terrace Heights Of The Land
Pug Johnson – Big Trains El Cabron
(mic break)
Paul Thorn – Life Is Just A Vapor Life Is Just A Vapor
Cristina Vane – Hear my Call Hear My Call 
Them Coolee Boys – Up Close No Fun In The Chrysalis
Suzy Thompson –  Nashville Again Suzy Sings Siebel
Seth Walker – Up On The Mountain Why The Worry
(mic break)
Patterson Hood – The Forks of Cypress Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams 
John Cowan and Andrea Zonn – The Lucky One The Herculeons
Michael Hurley – Sweet Lucy Snockgrass
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Thank You, But No Thank You Havin’ A Talk
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters – Deep River Hollow Good Morning, Sunshine
(mic break)
Suzy Thompson – Joanne Suzy Sings Siebel
Seth Walker – Somewhere Out There Why The Worry

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(April 7th, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #559

FTB podcast #559 features two great new releases, Cher Rêve by Miss Tess, and Joe Ely‘s Love and Freedom. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #559

Miss Tess –  Louisiana  Cher Rêve
Joe Ely – Adios Sweet Dreams Love and Freedom
JD Clayton – Dirt Roads of Red Blue Sky Sundays
Nefesh Mountain – Race To Run Beacons
(mic break)
Chip Taylor – The Truth and Other Things The Truth and Other Things
Chatham Rabbits – Matador Be Real With Me
Gann Brewer – Desiree  Highway Lullaby
Miss Tess – Ride That Train  Cher Rêve
Joe Ely – Shake ’em Up Love and Freedom 
(mic break)
The Delines – Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom Mr. Luck & Mrs. Doom
Charles Wesley Godwin – It’s The Little Things Lonely Mountain Town
Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – Room On The Porch feat. Ruby Amanfu  Room On The Porch
Crys Matthews – Cancel Culture  Reclamation
(mic break)
Joe Ely – Magdalene Love and Freedom
Miss Tess –  Nobody Wins  Cher Rêve 


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(March 4th, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #558

FTB podcast #558 features some of my favorite albums from 2024 plus a few new releases. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #558

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms – Gold in Your Pocket Gold In Your Pocket  
Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence – Thank You, But No Thank You  Havin’ A Talk
Laurie Lewis – Down To The Levee Trees
Johnny Blue Skies – Scooter Blues Passage Du Desir
(mic break)
Connor Daly – Ain’t Got A Cape Colors Fade 
Sierra Ferrell –  American Dreaming  Trail Of Flowers
Gary Nicholson – Follow The Money Common Sense 
The McCrary Sisters – Voices on the Water Can’t Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney 
Early James –  Rag Doll Medium Raw
(mic break)
Jason Isbell – Bury Me  Foxes in the Snow
Jesse Welles – Bugs All Creatures Great and Small
Eric Bibb – Take The Stage  In The Real World
John Calvin – Austin Chalk  Greener Fields and Fairer Seas
Drew & Ellie Holcomb – Rain or Shine Memory Bank
(mic break)
The Band – I Shall Be Released  Music From Big Pink 


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(Jan. 22nd, 2025)
Bill Frater

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Freight Train Boogie Show #557

FTB podcast #557 features songs from recent albums by Woody Platt, Liv Greene, Loose Cattle, Twisted Pine and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #557

Fruition – Whole World of Trouble  (single)
Amy Speace – The American Dream The American Dream
Nick Gusman & the Coyotes – Lifting Heavy Things  Lifting Heavy Things
West of Texas – Wall of Memories Hot Motel Nights
(mic break)
Woody Platt – Off To The Sea Far Away With You
Twisted Pine – After Midnight (Nothing Good Happens) Love Your Mind 
Corb Lund – It Takes Practice El Viejo
Teddy And The Rough Riders – Catfish Summer Down Home
Lone Justice – Jenny Jenkins Viva Lone Justice
mic break)
Buddy Miller – Fired Again Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute To Don Heffington 
Forest Sun – America I Love You No Finish Line
Cris Jacobs – Everybody’s Lost  One of These Days
Liv Greene – I’ve Got My Work To Do  Deep Feeler
Loose Cattle – Further On  Someone’s Monster 
(mic break)
Old Crow Medicine Show – Donkey & Elephant  (single)

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(Nov. 5th, 2024)
Bill Frater


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