Category Archives: roots music

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

Freight Train Boogie Show #504

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #504 features 2 new albums, How the Mighty Fall by Charles Wesley Godwin and Pohorylle by Margo Cilker. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #504 … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, roots music | Tagged ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, BILLY BRAGG, Charles Wesley Godwin, Desert Hollow, HAYES CARLL, Jeremy Pinnell, Margo Cilker, Mike Younger, Oliver Wood, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #503

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #503 features 2 new albums, the self-titled album by Kieran Ridge and the Moonrakers and American Siren by Emily Scott Robinson. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, country music, roots music | Tagged BRIGITTE DeMEYER, Buffalo Nichols, CONNIE SMITH, Emily Scott Robinson, Gregory Dwane, Kieran Ridge and the Moonrakers, The Shootouts | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #501

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #501 features 2 new albums, Riddy Arman‘s self-titled debut and Back Down Home by Tony Kamel. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #501 Riddy Arman … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, roots music | Tagged Courtney Granger, ERIC BIBB, KELSEY WALDON, Mark Germino, MAYNARD AND THE MUSTIES, PAUL THORN, RACHEL BROOKE, Riddy Arman, Tony Kamel, WALT WILKINS | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #500

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #500 features new songs from some great artists like Sturgill Simpson, Dori Freeman, Malcolm Holcombe, Shinyribs and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #500 … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, roots music | Tagged Craig Cardiff, Dori Freeman, James McMurtry, MALCOLM HOLCOMBE, NANCI GRIFFITH, SHINYRIBS, Sierra Ferrell, STURGILL SIMPSON, Summer Dean, THE EVERLY BROTHERS, The Furious Seasons, TIM EASTON, Tom T. Hall, Watchhouse | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #499

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #499 is the return of the “one-shot” show with single songs from new albums byTim O’Brien, Robert Finley, Cas Haley, Ava Earl, Jim Lauderdale and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music podcast, Music, podcast, roots music | Tagged Ava Earl, Cas Haley, JIM LAUDERDALE, John R. Miller, KORBY LENKER, Laney Lou and the Bird Dog, Leah Blevins, Robert Finley, Shay Martin Lovette, TIM O'BRIEN | Leave a comment

Freight Train Boogie Show #498

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #498 features 2 new albums, Cristina Vane‘s Nowhere Sounds Lovely and Beyond These Walls by Jesse Daniel. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now! Show #498 Jesse Daniel … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, roots music | Tagged Cristina Vane, Dallas Burrow, Jesse Daniel, Kyle Lalone, RODNEY CROWELL, Sensational Country Blues Wonders, SHANNON McNALLY, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, STEVE DAWSON, THE FLATLANDERS | Leave a comment