Author Archives: Bill Frater

Freight Train Boogie Show #514

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #514 features 2 fine new albums, Country Fresh by David Quinn and What Else Can She Do by Kaitlin Butts. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, country music, indie artist podcast, roots music | Tagged Craig Cardiff, DARDEN SMITH, David Quinn, GORDIE TENTREES, GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, Kaitlin Butts, Lilli Lewis, Paul Cauthen, PAUL THORN, Roxi Copland, Surrender Hill, The Pine Hearts | 9 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #513

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #513 features 2 fine new albums, Janus from the Paula Boggs Band and Gone, Long Gone by Steve Dawson. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged Dallas Burrow, Freakons, Ian Noe, JIM LAUDERDALE, Molly Tuttle, Paula Boggs Band, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Sarah Shook, STEVE DAWSON, The Weight Band, Western Centuries | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #512

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #512 features 4 new albums by The HawtThorns, The Twangtown Paramours, Opal Canyon and The Lied To’s, all of them male-female duos. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, indie artist podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged ALLISON MOORER, JIM KELLER, JONATHAN BYRD, KELLY PARDEKOOPER, Leah Blevins, Opal Canyon, PHIL LEE, The HawtThorns, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, The Lied To’s, THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS, TIM EASTON | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #511

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #511 features 2 fine new albums, Terry Klein‘s Good Luck, Take Care and Delusions of Grandeur by Sophie & The Broken Things. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, country music, indie artist podcast, Music, roots music | Tagged Amanda Anne Platt, DANA COOPER, Erin Rae, Harley Kimbro Lewis, RODNEY CROWELL, STEVE POLTZ, Terry Klein, The Brother Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, The Wooks, West Of Texas | 2 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #510

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #510 features 4 new albums! 2 songs each from The Delines, Keller Williams, The Rave-Ups and The Cactus Blossoms. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, roots music | Tagged ANNIE KEATING, Greg Bucking, JONATHAN BYRD, Keller Williams, Lyman Ellerman, Sierra Ferrell, The Cactus Blossoms, The Delines, THE MINERS, The Rave-Ups | 1 Comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #509

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #509 features 2 new albums, Threadbare by Honey Don’t and Way Up In the Hills by Sad Daddy. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #509 … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, podcast | Tagged AARON BURDETT, ERIC HISAW, HONEY DON’T, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Maya De Vitry, Rainbow Girls, Ryan Culwell, Sad Daddy, The Freeway Jubilee, WILL KIMBROUGH | 2 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #508

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #508 features 2 new albums, Ghost Stories by The Whitmore Sisters and Young Man by Jamestown Revival. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #508 Whitmore … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged ELIZA GILKYSON, Gasoline Lollipops, JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, Last Train Home, Malcolm MacWatt, McKain Lakey, Michael Hurley, PAUL BENOIT, ROBBIE FULKS, Rod Gator, Whitmore Sisters | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #507 (Best of 2021)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #507 is my annual Best album releases of 2021 show. Full Americana Boogie Best of 2021 list. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. This is the direct link to listen now! Show #507 (Best of 2021) … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, country music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Allison Russell, Bill and the Belles, Billy Strings, Jackson Browne, James McMurtry, John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band, John R. Miller, MALCOLM HOLCOMBE, Melissa Carper, Mike and the Moonpies, Sierra Ferrell, THE FLATLANDERS, TIM O'BRIEN, Watchhouse | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #506 (2021 Christmas Show)

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #506 is the 13th annual Christmas show with new tunes from The Boxmasters, Lucinda Williams, We Banjo 3, Amanda Shires and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. This is the direct link to listen now! … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Christmas music, Americana Music podcast, Americana Xmas, Christmas, country music, roots music | Tagged AMANDA SHIRES, Lainey Wilson, LAURA CANTRELL, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, Michael Shelley, MIKE FARRIS, Norah Jones, The Christmas Jug Band, THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS | 2 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #505

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #505 features 2 great new non-profit benefit albums, Songs From Quarantine Vol. 2 and Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal.Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, indie artist podcast, Music, roots music | Tagged GURF MORLIX, Hank Erwin, Kiely Connell, LEFTOVER SALMON, RODNEY CROWELL, Songs From Quarantine Vol. 2, THE STEEL WHEELS, TRAVIS LINVILLE, Will Rainier And The Pines, William Bell | Leave a comment