Category Archives: Americana Music

Freight Train Boogie Show #290

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #290 features The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band new album called So Delicious. Also new music from Robert Earl Keen, Gretchen Peters and Jim Ed Brown. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #290 Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged American Aquarium, GRETCHEN PETERS, Jim Ed Brown, KELSEY WALDON, LINDSAY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS, Martin Sexton, Nick Shaheen, NORA JANE STRUTHERS, Parker McCollum, PAUL THORN, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, ROBERT EARL KEEN, WAYLON SPEED | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #289

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #289 features the new album from Anne McCue called Blue Sky Thinkin’. Also new music from 6 String Drag, Gurf Morlix, and Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #289 Anne … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged 6 String Drag, ANNE McCUE, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, GURF MORLIX, Josh Buckley, OWL COUNTRY, Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits, THE LAST HOMBRES, THE LOOSE CANYONS, The Zuni Mountain Boys, W.B. GIVENS | 2 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #288

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #288 features the new album from Barnstar! called Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out! Also new music from Justin Townes Earle, The Bros. Landreth and Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #288 … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Folk Allaince, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged 40 Watt Dreams, Barnstar!, Cisco & Dewey, Craig Market & Thomm Jutz, Flatland Tourists, J. Tex & the Volunteers, JIM LAUDERDALE, JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, KENNY BUTTERILL, MADISON KING, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #287

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #287 features the unique new album from Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band called Take It Like A Man. Also new music from Frazey Ford, The Westies and Flagship Romance. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged CAROLINA STORY, Flagship Romance, Frazey Ford, Jake Xerxes Fussell, James Carothers, Jay Semko, Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band, Kelley Swindall, MARK JONES & TWENTY PACES, THE HELLO STRANGERS, THE J. MILLER BAND, The Westies | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #286

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #286 features the new album from Ryan Bingham called Fear And Saturday Night. Also new music from Garrett James, Jack Kerowax and The Sweet Lowdown. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #286 Ryan Bingham – Nobody Knows My … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged AMY McCARLEY, Garrett James, Jack Kerowax, Jerry Hannan, Joseph Eid, Low Country Hill, Ryan Bingham, The Better Halves, THE LOUDERMILKS, The Sweet Lowdown, VAN DARIEN | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #285

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #285 features the new album from Camper Van Beethoven member Victor Krummenacher called Hard To See Trouble Coming. Also new music from Todd Adelman, Anna Tival and Whiskey Shivers. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Anna Tival, Lyal Strickland, MISS LAURIE ANN & THE SADDLETONES, SETH WALKER, SHOEBOX LETTERS, Ted Murray Jones, The Hiders, Todd Adelman, Twang Dragons, Victor Krummenacher, Whiskey Shivers | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #284

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #284 features the new album from Leftover Salmon called High Country. Also new music from Scott MacLeod, Giulia Millanta and Annie Lou. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #284 Leftover Salmon – High Country High Country Annie Lou … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged ANNIE LOU, Cary Morin, Danny Medakovic, Giulia Millanta, KACEY JONES, LEFTOVER SALMON, NELL ROBINSON, Sarah Lou Richards, SCOTT MACLEOD, Small Town Lights, Stephen Chadwick, THE FELICE BROTHERS, THE LOUDERMILKS | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #283

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #283 features the new double album by Cracker called Berkeley To Bakersfield. Also new music from Ronnie Fauss, Emma Hill, and the David Nelson Band. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #283 Cracker – California Country … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged BLUE MOTHER TUPELO, BRAD BOYER, Cracker, DAVID G SMITH, David Nelson Band, EMMA HILL, HANNAH ALDRIDGE, Katie Garibaldi, Memphis Dawls, Richie Jenkin, RONNIE FAUSS, SEVEN HANDLE CIRCUS | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Christmas Show, 2014 Edition

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Bill Frater

By my count, this is my 7th annual FTB Christmas song extravaganza. Don’t expect much in the way of traditional Yuletide songs, just lots of fun stuff! Quite a few new releases this year too by artists like Blue Rodeo, The Xmas-Men, … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Christmas music, Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Americana Xmas, Christmas, Country Christmas Show, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged BLUE RODEO, BUCK OWENS, COLD BEER AND BROADS, JOHN REISCHMAN & THE JAYBIRDS, MAX GOMEZ, NIKKI LANE, OWL COUNTRY, RIDERS IN THE SKY, THE DEPUE BROTHERS BAND, THE OLD 97's, THE RESENTMENTS, THE WHISKEY BELLES, THE X-MEN | 4 Comments

Freight Train Boogie Show #281 (Best of 2014)

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #281 is my annual Best Music of The Year show with songs from most of my 10-15 favorite albums of 2014. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Direct link to listen now! Show #281 (Best of 2014) STEELISM – … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged CAHALEN MORRISON & COUNTRY HAMMER, CORY BRANAN, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER, HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF, JESSE WINCHESTER, JP HARRIS AND THE TOUGH CHOICES, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, MARTY STUART, NIKKI LANE, OTIS GIBBS, PARKER MILLSAP, ROSANNE CASH, STEELISM, STURGILL SIMPSON, ZOE MUTH | Leave a comment