Freight Train Boogie Show #527

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #527 is out 14th annual Christmas featuring brand new holiday songs by Abbie Gardner, Wild Earp, Chris Isaak, Tornado Sky and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #527 (2022 Christmas Show)

Andrew Bird – Skating Hark! (intro bed)
Gregory Dwane – It’s Xmas Time Again (If It Ain’t On Amazon) Xmas EP
Hailey Whitters – Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (single)
Josh Rouse – Red Suit  The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse
Wild Earp – The Krampus Song  (single)
(mic break)
Brit Taylor – Lonely on Christmas w/ Mike and the Moonpies (single)
Abbie Gardner – The Day After Christmas (single)
Eli Paperboy Reed – Last Christmas Last Christmas
Old Crow Medicine Show – Trim This Tree
(mic break)
Tornado Sky – Christmas at the BPOE Blue Christmas EP
Taj Mahal & Maria Muldaur – Baby It’s Cold Outside  (single)
Shemekia Copeland – Stay A Little Longer, Santa
The Redhill Valleys – One Wish for You, Santa (single)
Chris Isaak – Almost Christmas Everybody Knows It’s Christmas
(mic break)
Commander Cody – Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas Hillbilly Holiday
The Christmas Jug Band – Santa Lost a Ho  Uncorked
Handsome and the Humbles – That’s a Mitzvah!  (single)
Mic break)
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper – Silent Night  Master Sessions



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(Dec. 12th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #526

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #526 features 2 new albums, Ramblin’Soul by
Melissa Carper and Vince Herman‘s Enjoy the Ride. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #526

Vince Herman – Lost Lovers Eyes Enjoy the Ride 
Melissa Carper – Ramblin’ Soul Ramblin’ Soul
J-Rad Cooley – Yard Sale  Yard Sale
The Jorgensens – Hey Baby Americana Soul
(mic break)
Aoife O’Donovan – Prodigal Daughter feat. Allison Russell  Age of Apathy
Brian Blake – Rice Field in the Distance Book of Life
Mary Gauthier – Truckers and Troubadours Dark Enough to See the Stars
Vince Herman –  Better Way Enjoy the Ride
Melissa Carper –  Boxers on Backwards Ramblin’ Soul
(mic break)
Caleb Caudle – Whirligigs Forsythia
Long Mama –  Poor Pretender Poor Pretender
Gabe Lee – Buffalo Road  The Hometown Kid
Miko Marks & The Resurrectors – Feel Like Going Home  Feel Like Going Home
Delbert McClinton – Money Honey  Outdated Emotion
(mic break)
Vince Herman – Coraleen Enjoy the Ride
Melissa Carper – Ain’t a Day Goes By Ramblin’ Soul

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(Nov. 20th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #525

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB #525 is a grab-bag of single songs from some fine recent releases. Artists include Florence Dore, Dan Israel, Angela Easterling, Trampled by Turtles, The Milk Carton Kids and more! This is the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

FTB #525

Appalachian Road Show – La La Blues Jubulation
Nikki Lane – Try Harder Denim & Diamonds
Tyler Childers – Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven
Tommy McLain – Somebody I Ran Down Every Dream
(mic break)
The Milk Carton Kids – Running on Sweet Smile (single)
Flatland Cavalry – Mountain Song Songs To Keep You Warm
Florence Dore – Highways & Rocketships Highways & Rocketships 
Dan Israel – Happy For Now Seriously
(mic break)
Trampled by Turtles – Nothing But Blue Skies Alpenglow 
Emily Nenni – In the Mornin’ On The Ranch  
Adam Hood – Speed of the South Bad Days Better
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers – Walk To The River Soul Crusade
Janiva Magness – I’m Still Here Hard to Kill
(mic break)
Angela Easterling – Halfway Down Witness

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(Nov. 5th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #524

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB #524 is a grab-bag of single songs from many recent releases. Artists include John Doe, Jake La Botz, Sweet Megg, Amanda Shires and Bonny Light Horseman and more. This is the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #524 

John Fullbright – Where We Belong  The Liar  
Michaela Anne – Oh To Be That Free Again Oh To Be That Free 
Mapache – I Love my Dog Roscoe’s Dream
Lindsay Lou – Freedom (feat. Billy Strings) You Thought You Knew
(mic break) 
Jake La Botz – Broken Birds  Hair on Fire
Derek Hoke – Get Gone Electric Mountain 
Sweet Megg – I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling My Window Faces The South
Charley Crockett – Trinity River The Man From Waco
The Hungry Williams – Boss Man Let’s Go!
(mic break)
I Draw Slow – About a Bird In an Airport Terminal I Draw Slow 
Bonny Light Horseman – California Rolling Golden Holy
Amanda Shires – Take It Like A Man Take It Like A Man
Fantastic Cat – Nobody’s Coming To Get You The Very Best of Fantastic Cat
(mic break)
John Doe – Down South Fables in a Foreign Land 
Curtis Phagoo – Makin’ Hay When We Were Young  
Courtney Marie Andrews – I’ll Be Thinkin’ On You Loose Future


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Oct. 22nd, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #523

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #523 features 2 new albums, Married Alone by
Sunny Sweeney and Kendell Marvel‘s Come On Sunshine. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #523

Sunny Sweeney – A Song Can’t Fix Everything (w/ Paul Cauthen) Married Alone
Kendell Marvel – Keep Doing Your Thing  Come On Sunshine 
Joshua Hedley – Country & Western Neon Blue  
Laura Benitez and The Heartache – Bad Things California Centuries 
(mic break)
Damn Tall Buildings – Quietly Heartbreaking Sleeping Dogs
Loudon Wainwright III – Little Piece of Me Lifetime Achievement 
49 Winchester – Russell County Line Fortune Favors the Bold  
Sunny Sweeney –  Easy As Hello Married Alone
Kendell Marvel – Don’t Tell Me How To Drink feat. Chris Stapleton Come On Sunshine
(mic break)
Amy Ray – Chuck Will’s Widow If It All Goes South 
Jake Blount – Once There Was No Sun The New Faith 
Nicki Bluhm –  Learn To Love Myself Avondale Drive
The Barlow – All My Days New Year, Old Me
Gerry Stanek – God Like Action Heart In Peril
(mic break)
Sunny Sweeney – How’d I End Up Lonely Again Married Alone
Kendell Marvel – Fool Like Me Come On Sunshine


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Sept. 28th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #522

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #522 features 2 new albums, Wings on My Shoes by Will Hoge and Martha Spencer‘s Wonderland. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #522

Martha Spencer – Rags Over Riches Wonderland
Will Hoge – You Are The Place Wings on My Shoes
Steve Poltz -Can O’ Pop Stardust And Satellites
Merle Jagger –  Broken Home Yard Sale Trash Talking Guitars
(mic break)
Ever More Nest – Out Loud  Out Here Now
Jim Lauderdale – We’re All We’ve Got  Game Changer
The Infamous Stringdusters – Toward the Fray Toward The Fray 
Martha Spencer – Hesitation Blues (w/Luke Bell) Wonderland
Will Hoge – Ain’t How It Used To Be Wings on My Shoes
(mic break)
Early James – Real Low Down Lonesome with Sierra Ferrell Strange Time
To Be Alive
Bill Scorzari – A Ghost, My Hat And My Coat The Crosswinds Of Kansas
Surrender Hill – Just Another Honky Tonk Just Another Honky Tonk In A Quiet Western Town
Freedy Johnston – Back on the Road to You Back on the Road to You
Shemekia Copeland – Fried Catfish And Bibles Done Come Too Far
(mic break)
Martha Spencer – Yodelady Wonderland
Will Hoge – Queenie  Wings on My Shoes

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Sept. 10th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #521

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #521 features 2 new albums, Kenny Roby‘s self-titled album and Kelsey Waldon‘s No Regular Dog. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #521

Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog No Regular Dog
Kenny Roby – New Day Kenny Roby
Harley Kimbro Lewis – Man Get Ahold of Yourself Harley Kimbro Lewis
Hackensaw Boys – Things We Are Doing  Hackensaw Boys
(mic break)
Joan Shelley – The Spur  The Spur 
Teddy and the Rough Riders – Livin in the Woods Teddy and the Rough Riders 
Hank Erwin – Altana The Copper Album
Kelsey Waldon – Sweet Little Girl  No Regular Dog
Kenny Roby – Leave It Behind Kenny Roby
(mic break)
Ace of Cups – Baby Come Home Extended Play 
Wyatt Easterling – From Where I Stand From Where I Stand 
Phil Lee –  Might As Well Be Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites
Peter Mulvey with SistaStrings – You and (Everybody Else)  Love Is the Only Thing 
Eric Hutchinson – Everybody’s Gotta Beating Heart Sing Along! with Eric Hutchinson
(mic break)
Kelsey Waldon – Season’s Ending  No Regular Dog
Kenny Roby – I Don’t Believe in Magic Kenny Roby

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August 16th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #520

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #520 features 2 new albums, Emerald Blue by Andrew Duhon and Trains, Rivers & Trails by Monica Taylor. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #520


Andrew Duhon – Emerald Blue Emerald Blue
Monica Taylor – Rescues Trains, Rivers & Trails 
Ryan Culwell – Wild Sometimes Run Like A Bull
The Broken Spokes – Where I Went Wrong  Where I Went Wrong
(mic break)
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass Is Blue (single)
American Aquarium – The Things We Lost Along The Way Chicamacomico
Stash –  Sweet Salvation of the Dawn  Walk The Walk
Andrew Duhon –  Promised Land Emerald Blue
Monica Taylor – The Sound Of A Train Trains, Rivers & Trails
(mic break)
John Moreland – Claim Your Prize Birds in the Ceiling
Lucy Kaplansky – Mary’s Window Last Days of Summer
Dana Cooper – I Can Face The Truth I Can Face The Truth
Patty Griffin – Don’t Mind (w/ Robert Plant) Tape
The Brothers Comatose – Working for Somebody Else Turning Up the Ground
(mic break)
Andrew Duhon – Everybody Colored Their Own Jesus Emerald Blue
Monica Taylor – The Ballad Of Easy Rider Trains, Rivers & Trails

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August 1st, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #519

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #519 is an all new release show with great music from Peter Rowan, Stacy Antonel, Arlo McKinley, The Local Honeys and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #519

(intro bed) The Slocan Ramblers – Platform Four Up the Hill and Through the Fog
Rod Picott – Revenuer  Paper Hearts And Broken Arrows
Michelle Rivers – Gone Chasing Somewhere
The Damn Quails – Clouding Up Your City Clouding Up Your City
Steve Forbert – Moving Through America Moving Through America
(mic break)
Arlo McKinley – Stealing Dark from the Night Sky This Mess We’re In
Wynonna and Waxahatchee – Other Side  (single)
Dave Alvin –  Southwest Chief  Americana Railroad
Stacy Antonel – Always the Outsider Always the Outsider 
Willi Carlisle – Vanlife Peculiar, Missouri 
(mic break)
Pharis and Jason Romero – Cannot Change It All Tell ’Em You Were Gold
The Local Honeys – Better Than I Deserve The Local Honeys 
Wilco – Falling Apart (Right Now) Cruel Country 
The Redhill Valleys – Desperate Times  Travel Well, Pt. 1
Margo Price – Fight to Make It (ft. Mavis Staples & Adia Victoria)  (single) 
(mic break)
Peter Rowan – Light At The End Of The World Calling You From My Mountain

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July 16th, 2022)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #518

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #518 features 2 new albums, Jabberwockies by Wes Collins and Big Dreamers by Blue Dogs. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #518

Blue Dogs – Love Is Love Is Love Big Dreamers
Wes Collins – Jenny and James Jabberwockies
Eliza Gilkyson –   Buffalo Gals Redux Songs from the River Wind
Charlie Musselwhite – Blues Up The RiverMississippi Son 
(mic break)
Pretty Little Goat – Making Time Big Storm 
The Slocan Ramblers – I Don’t Know  Up the Hill and Through the Fog
Adam Wright – Cheer Up I Win
Wes Collins – Medusa Jabberwockies
Blue Dogs – The Good Ones Big Dreamers
(mic break)
Mary Gauthier – Fall Apart World  Dark Enough to See the Stars
Calder Allen – Good Times  The Game
Gregory Dwane – Gone and Changed  Gregory Dwane
The Bros. Landreth – Don’t Feel Like Crying Come Morning 
Nicki Bluhm – Friends (How To Do It) Avondale Drive
(mic break)
Wes Collins – Jabberwockies Jabberwockies
Blue Dogs – If Ever Big Dreamers
Kelly Joe Phelps – Go There  Roll Away The Stone

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June 11th, 2022)
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