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!

Show #514

Kaitlin Butts – It Won’t Always Be This Way What Else Can She Do
David Quinn – Country Fresh Country Fresh
Craig Cardiff – Emm & May  All This Time Running  
The Pine Hearts – Wouldn’t You Know Lost Love Songs 
(mic break)
Roxi Copland – I Come From Crazy I Come From Crazy
Paul Cauthen – High Heels Country Coming Down
Paul Thorn – Holy Hottie Toddy Never Too Late to Call
Kaitlin Butts – Bored If I Don’t What Else Can She Do
David Quinn – Boy from Illinois Country Fresh
(mic break)
Darden Smith – Running Out of Time Western Skies 
Lilli Lewis – The Great Divide Americana
Gordie Tentrees – Mean Old World Mean Old World   
Greensky Bluegrass – Grow Together Stress Dreams 
Surrender Hill  – If This Ain’t My Rodeo  Just Another Honky Tonk In A Quiet Western Town
(mic break)
David Quinn – I Came Back to You (To Say Goodbye) Country Fresh
Kaitlin Butts – Blood  What Else Can She Do


Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!
Donate to FTB podcasts via PayPal here.

(April 15th, 2022)
Bill Frater


Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music podcast, country music, indie artist podcast, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 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 #513

Steve Dawson – I Just Get Lost Gone, Long Gone
Paula Boggs Band – King Brewster Janus
Dallas Burrow – American Dream Dallas Burrow
The Weight Band – Out Of The Wilderness Shines Like Gold 
(mic break)
Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – Dooley’s Farm Crooked Tree
Ian Noe – River Fool River Fools and Mountain Saints
Jim Lauderdale – Sister Horizon  Hope
Paula Boggs Band – Don’t Let The Clowns (Break You Down) Janus
Steve Dawson – Dimes  Gone, Long Gone
(mic break)
Freakons – Canaries Freakons
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers –  It Doesn’t Change Anything Nightroamer
Western Centuries – Heart Broke Syndrome Call The Captain
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Fancy Boys  Co-Starring Too
(mic break)
Paula Boggs Band – Shadow Of Old Glory Janus
Steve Dawson – Gone, Long Gone Gone, Long Gone



Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!
Donate to FTB podcasts via PayPal here.

(April 1st, 2022)
Bill Frater



Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 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 listen now!

Show #512

The Twangtown Paramours – Talk About Peace Double Down on a Bad Thing
The Lied To’s – It’s Not Who You Love The Worst Kind Of New
Jim Keller –  Don’t Get Me Started By No Means
The HawtThorns – All The Right Reasons Tarot Cards & Shooting Stars
(mic break)
Opal Canyon – Worried Bird  Tomorrow to the Sea
The Infamous Stringdusters – How Do You Know? Towards The Fray 
Leah Blevins –  Mountain First Time Feeling
Jonathan Byrd – Fog On The Mountain  Song Miner
Phil Lee – When’s The Lovin’ Comin’ Back Phil Lee and Other Old Time Favorites
(mic break)
Allison Moorer – Thank You  Wish For You
Kelly Pardekooper – Forever Broken Hearted  Autumn
Tim Easton – Peace of Mind You Don’t Really Know Me
The Lied To’s – Missing You The Worst Kind Of New
Opal Canyon – Moon Song Swing Tomorrow to the Sea
(mic break)
The HawtThorns – One Human At A Time Tarot Cards & Shooting Stars
The Twangtown Paramours – Anyone But You Double Down on a Bad Thing


Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!
Donate to FTB podcasts via PayPal here.

(Mar. 11th, 2022)
Bill Frater

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, indie artist podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 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 listen now!

Show #511

Sophie & The Broken Things – Dashboard  Delusions of Grandeur
Terry Klein – 60 In A 75  Good Luck, Take Care
West Of Texas – 12 Steps To Drinkin’  Heartache, Hangovers & Honky Tonks
Dana Cooper – Upside Down Day I Can Face The Truth
(mic break)
Erin Rae – Can’t See Stars  (feat. Kevin Morby)  Lighten Up
Harley Kimbro Lewis – Cowboys in Hawaii Harley Kimbro Lewis
Rodney Crowell – One Little Bird Triage
Sophie & The Broken Things – Churches & Bars Delusions of Grandeur
Terry Klein – Salinas Good Luck, Take Care
(mic break)
The Wooks – What The Rocks Don’t Know  Flyin’ High
The Del McCoury Band – Once Again Almost Proud
The Brother Brothers – Seein’ Double Calla Lily
Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters – Girls Like You The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 
Steve Poltz – Conveyor Belt  Stardust And Satellites 
(mic break)
Sophie & The Broken Things – Trouble Delusions of Grandeur
Terry Klein – Does The Fish Feel The Knife Good Luck, Take Care


Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!
Donate to FTB podcasts via PayPal here.

(Feb. 24th, 2022)
Bill Frater

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music podcast, country music, indie artist podcast, Music, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 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 #510

The Cactus Blossoms – One Day One Day
The Delines – Past The Shadows The Sea Drift
Lyman Ellerman – People Ain’t Happy  This Just In
Keller Williams – Worst That Ever Was  Grit
The Rave-Ups  –  Coming After Me Tomorrow
(mic break)
Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Lonely Are the Brave The Flowers That Bloom in Spring
Greg Bucking – Atlantic Ocean  Greg Bucking
Tylor & the Train Robbers – Equation of Life Non-Typical Find  
The Miners – Without You  Megunticook
Annie Keating – Twenty 22  (single)
(mic break)
Sierra Ferrell – Hey Me, Hey Mama   (single)
Jonathan Byrd – Fog On the Mountain  Song Miner
Keller Williams – Ocular Invalid Grit
The Rave-Ups – Brigitte Bardot Tomorrow
(mic break)
The Delines – Kid Codeine The Sea Drift
The Cactus Blossoms – Runaway One Day


Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App

FTB Podcasts can also now be heard on Stitcher!
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!

(Feb. 12th, 2022)
Bill Frater

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 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

Sad Daddy – Arkansas Bound  Way Up In the Hills
Honey Don’t – Threadbare Threadbare 
Wild Earp & the Free For Alls – I’m Purple Dyin’ For Easy Livin’
Ryan Culwell – All I Got Run Like A Bull 
(mic break)
Jake Xerxes Fussell – Love Farewell  Good and Green Again
Maya De Vitry – Never On The Map  Violet Light
Aaron Burdett – Loser’s Bracket Dream Rich, Dirt Poor
Honey Don’t – Big Water Ahead Threadbare
Sad Daddy – Make It Roll Way Up In the Hills
(mic break)
Rainbow Girls – Doesn’t Make Any Sense  Rolling Dumpster Fire
The Freeway Jubilee – Humble Song On The Horizon Vol. 1 
Eric Hisaw – Waiting  (single)
Will Kimbrough – I Don’t Want to Start a War  (single)
(mic break)
Sad Daddy – Up In The Hills Way Up In the Hills
Honey Don’t – Ain’t No Dam Up On The Yampa Threadbare



Support the podcast! Become a Patron!
RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App

FTB Podcasts can also now be heard on Stitcher!
Check out the 24/7 Americana Boogie Radio!

(Jan. 29th, 2022)
Bill Frater

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, country music, podcast | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 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 Sisters – Learn To Fly Ghost Stories 
Jamestown Revival – These Days Young Man
Robbie Fulks – Chores A Sweet Relief Tribute To Joey Spampinato
Eliza Gilkyson –  At the Foot of the Mountain Songs from the River Wind
(mic break)
Jason Boland & The Stragglers – Restless Spirits The Light Saw Me
Rod Gator –  Mermentau Bridge For Louisiana
Gasoline Lollipops – All The Misery Money Can Buy All The Misery Money Can Buy
Whitmore Sisters – Big Heart Sick Mind Ghost Stories
Jamestown Revival – Young Man Young Man
(mic break)
Malcolm MacWatt – Letter From San Francisco Settler
Michael Hurley – Are You Here For The Festival The Time of the Foxgloves
McKain Lakey – Cicadas in the Trees Somewhere
Paul Benoit – Cactus Met The Sky Beautiful Lies
Eric Brace & Last Train Home – If I Had A Nickel Everything Will Be 
(mic break)
Jamestown Revival – Slow It Down Young Man  
Whitmore Sisters  – Hurtin’ For A Letdown Ghost Stories



RSS feed: http://ftbpodcasts.libsyn.com/rss
Freight Train Boogie Americana Android App

FTB Podcasts can also now be heard on Stitcher!

Check out the 24/7  Americana Boogie Radio!
Flipboard: Americana Boogie Music

(Jan. 14th, 2022)
Bill Frater




Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music, Americana Music podcast, podcast, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 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)

Billy Strings – Heartbeat Of America  Renewal (inst bed)
Sierra Ferrell – Far Away Across The Sea Long Time Coming
John R. Miller – Motor’s Fried Depreciated
The Flatlanders – Moanin’ of the Midnight Train Treasure of Love
Jackson Browne – Until Justice Is Real Downhill From Everywhere
(mic break)
Watchhouse – New Star Watchhouse
Allison Russell – Persephone Outside Child
Bill and the Belles – Happy Again (I’ll Never Be) Happy Again
Mike And The Moonpies – The Vein One To Grow On
Malcolm Holcombe – Shaky Ground Tricks of the Trade
(mic break)
Melissa Carper – Back When Daddy’s Country Gold
Tim O’Brien – When You Pray (Move Your Feet)  He Walked On
John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band – Long Black Electric Cadillac Leftover Feelings
James McMurtry – Decent Man The Horses and the Hounds
(mic break)
J.D. Crowe & The New South – Some Old Day


Support the podcast!
Become a Patron!
Catch Bill on… Freight Train Boogie on Bluegrass Country, WAMU,  88.5 FM HD2 in Washington, DC, Tuesdays, 12-3 pm EST
Billy’s Boogie, Jive Radio, Fri. 4-6 pm PST
and the 24/7 internet station, Americana Boogie Radio!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music, country music, podcast, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 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!

Have a great holiday season! Also, here’s the links to some past FTB Christmas shows… 2012… 2014… 2016…2017… 2018….2019… 2020

Show #506

Les Paul and Mary Ford – White Christmas  
The Kentucky Headhunters – Let’s All Get Together and Fight That’s A Fact Jack
Pistol Annies – Hell of a Holiday  Hell of a Holiday
Dennis J. Leise – Good Old Santa Claus Drank a Bit Too Much Last Night
Boo Ray – Christmas Card  (single)
(mic break)
We Banjo 3 – Christmas in Prison   A Winter Wonderful 
The Christmas Jug Band – Christmas On The Moon  (single)
Billy Briggs With String Band – North Pole Boogie  A Rootin’ Tootin’ Santa
Laura Cantrell & Michael Shelley – Mr. And Mrs. Santa Claus  (single)
Lainey Wilson – Christmas Cookies  (single)
(mic break)
Norah Jones – You’re Not Alone   I Dream Of Christmas  
Swamp Dogg – Old Fashion Country Christmas  An Awful Christmas and a Lousy New Year
Amanda Shires – Gone For Christmas For Christmas
The Boxmasters – Christmas In California  Christmas In California
Lucinda Williams – Run Rudolph Run Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas
(mic break)
The Monkees – Snowfall   Christmas Party
Mike Farris – Havana Santa  (single)

Support the podcast!
Become a Patron!
Catch Bill on… Freight Train Boogie on Bluegrass Country, WAMU,  88.5 FM HD2 in Washington, DC, Tuesdays, 12-3 pm EST
Billy’s Boogie, Jive Radio, Fri. 4-6 pm PST
and the 24/7 internet station, Americana Boogie Radio!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Christmas music, Americana Music podcast, Americana Xmas, Christmas, country music, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 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!

Show #505

Rodney Crowell – Heavenly Day  Songs From Quarantine Vol. 2
Jaime Wyatt – Need Shelter  Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal
Leftover Salmon –  We’ll Get By Brand New Good Old Days
The Steel Wheels – Time Is All I Need Everyone A Song: Volume Two
(mic break)
Gurf Morlix – Blood On The Page The Tightening of the Screws
Dar Williams – Today and Every Day I’ll Meet You Here 
Travis Linville – Blue Sky Bound I’m Still Here  
William Bell – Check Out My Karma Songs From Quarantine Vol. 2
Marcus King – No One Above You  Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal
(mic break)
Kiely Connell – The Blues That Really Burn Calumet Queen
Hank Erwin – Daddy Laughed The Copper Album
Will Rainier And The Pines – Tethered to the World  Tethered to the World
Stash – Queen Of The Highway  Walk The Walk
(mic break)
Steve Earle – Highway Butterfly Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal
Shelby Lynne – Is There Any Love Left? Songs From Quarantine Vol. 2



Support the podcast!
Become a Patron!
Catch Bill on… Freight Train Boogie on Bluegrass Country, WAMU,  88.5 FM HD2 in Washington, DC, Tuesdays, 12-3 pm EST
Billy’s Boogie, Jive Radio, Fri. 4-6 pm PST
and the 24/7 internet station, Americana Boogie Radio!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Android | RSS

Posted in Americana Music podcast, indie artist podcast, Music, roots music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment