Freight Train Boogie Show #530

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #530 features 2 new albums, North Georgia Rounder by
Pony Bradshaw and Brit Taylor‘s Kentucky Blue. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #530

Brit Taylor – Kentucky Blue Kentucky Blue
Pony Bradshaw – Foxfire Wine North Georgia Rounder
Charley Crockett – I’m Just A Clown The Man From Waco
Angela Strehli – Wouldn’t Mind Dying  Ace of Blues
(mic break)
Mile Twelve – Johnny Oklahoma Close Enough To Hear 
Angela Perley – Praying For Daylight Turn Me Loose
The Barlow – Heart In A Sling New Year, Old Me
Pony Bradshaw – Kindly Turn The Bed Down, Drusilla North Georgia Rounder
Brit Taylor – Ain’t a Hard Livin‘ Kentucky Blue
(mic break)
Emily Gimble – Leaving You with a Worried Mind  Johnny Nicholas Presents Moon and the Stars: A Tribute to Moon Mullican (Volume Two)
Stephen McCarthy & Carla Olson – I Remember The Railroad Night Comes Falling  
Flatland Cavalry – Damaged Goods Songs To Keep You Warm
Mark Erelli – Is It Enough  Lay Your Darkness Down 
Maple Run Band– Tumbleweeds Used to Be the Next Big Thing  
(mic break)
Brit Taylor – No Cowboys Kentucky Blue
Pony Bradshaw – Notes On A River Town North Georgia Rounder

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(Feb. 5th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #529

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Bill Frater


FTB #529 feature the new album by Whitehorse called I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Whitehorse  – If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me  I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying
Honey Harper – Broken Token Honey Harper & The Infinite Sky
The Redhill Valleys – Old Country Song Travel Well, Pt. 1
Wylie & the Wild West – Straight Up Country Music Bunchgrass
(mic break)
The Bombadils – Bicycle Dear Friend
Adeem The Artist – Books & Records White Trash Revelry 
Bill Scorzari – Multnomah Falls The Crosswinds Of Kansas
Wesley Hanna – Sundown Kid Brand New Love Potion
Whitehorse – Bet the Farm I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying
Jason Carter – The Six O’clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes  Lowdown Hoedown
Larkin Poe – Deep Stays Down Blood Harmony 
Jake La Botz – First McDonell’s On The Moon Hair on Fire
Joselyn & Don –  Give Up The Ghost  Seeds & Bones
The Whiskey Charmers – Nobody Cares On The Run
(mic break)
Whitehorse – Scared of Each Other I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying


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(Jan. 17th, 2023)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #528

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Bill Frater

FTB podcast #528 is my best music of 2022 show featuring songs from some of my favorite albums of the year. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #528 (Best of 2022 Show)

The Slocan Ramblers – Platform Four  Up the Hill and Through the Fog (intro bed) 
Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – Side Saddle Crooked Tree
Willi Carlisle –  Your Heart’s A Big Tent Peculiar, Missouri 
Brennen Leigh – Comin’ In Hot  Obsessed with the West
(mic break)
Harley Kimbro Lewis – Neighbors Harley Kimbro Lewis
Lyle Lovett – On A Winter’s Morning  12th of June
Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Silver Wings Down Every Road
Plains – Problem With It I Walked With You A Ways Out
Wilco – A Lifetime To Find  Cruel Country 
(mic break)
Peter Rowan – The Red, The White And The Blue Calling You From My Mountain
Pharis and Jason Romero – Souvenir Tell ’Em You Were Gold
Jake Blount –  The Downward Road  The New Faith
Dr. John – End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville  Things Happen That Way
Bonnie Raitt – Love So Strong Just Like That…
(mic break)
Corb Lund – Montana Waltz (Ian Tyson)  Songs My Friends Wrote

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(Dec. 31st, 2022)
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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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