Author Archives: Bill Frater

Freight Train Boogie Show #462

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #462 features the new album by Miss Tess called The Moon Is an Ashtray. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #462 Miss Tess – I Wanna Be A Cowboy The Moon Is … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #461

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #461 features the new album by Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band called Just Like Moby Dick. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #461 Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band – … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #460

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #460 is another fine one-shot show featuring songs from some late 2019 releases. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #460 Ed Dupas – The Lonesome Side Of Town The Lonesome Side Of Town … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, country music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Alexa Rose, Brew Davis, Dalton Domino, Ed Dupas, Elijah Ocean, EmiSunshine and The Rain, Geraint Watkins, HAL KETCHUM, John Surge and the Haymakers, Leslie Stevens, MICHAELA ANNE, New Copasetics, Nick Nace, Triggers & Slips | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #459 (Best of 2019 Show)

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #459 features some of my favorite albums and songs from 2019. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #459 (Best of 2019 Show) Tyler Childers – Country Squire Country Squire Kelsey Waldon – Black … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Christmas Show, 2019 edition

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB #458 is the 11th annual Christmas show with brand new tunes from holiday albums by Los Lobos, Keb’ Mo’, Josh Rouse, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Have … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #457

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #457 is an end-of-year one-shot show featuring songs from some great recent releases. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #457 Joe Henry – In Time for Tomorrow Gospel According to Water … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #456

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #456 features the new Bloodshot Records compilation entitled Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #456 Robbie Fulks – Lonely Ain’t Hardly Alive Too Late to Pray: … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Greg Felden, Jack Klatt, KELLY HOGAN, Kendell Marvel, Kinky Friedman, LIZANNE KNOTT, ROBBIE FULKS, Sarah Lee Langford, Steve Conn, Stoney LaRue, SUSAN GIBSON, The Drunken Hearts, The Family Gold, THE FELICE BROTHERS, The Hoyle Brothers, Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #455

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #455 features 2 new albums, Hi-Line from Amberly Chalberg and They’re Coming For Me by Jake La Botz. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #455 Jake La Botz – They’re Coming For Me They’re Coming For Me Amberly Chalberg – … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #454

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #454 features 2 new albums, Chris Knight‘s Almost Daylight and Guaranteed Broken Heart by Karen & the Sorrows. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #454 Karen & the Sorrows – Guaranteed Broken Heart Guaranteed Broken … Continue reading →

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Freight Train Boogie Show #453

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #453 features 2 new albums, How We Want to Live by Lisa Bastoni and Easy Keeper by Del Barber. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #453 Del Barber – Patient Man Easy Keeper Lisa Bastoni – Walk A … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Bill Scorzari, Dan Whitaker & the Shinebenders, Daniel Norgren, DEL BARBER, Dori Freeman, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, ERNIE HENDRICKSON, Lisa Bastoni, The Hackensaw Boys, The Quebe Sisters, TIM O'BRIEN, WILL KIMBROUGH | Leave a comment