Freight Train Boogie Show #481

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #481 features two new albums, The Sick Season by Becky Warren and By the Light of the Radio by Ned Hill. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #481

Becky Warren – Me and These Jeans The Sick Season
Ned Hill – Lonely Heart Of Mine By the Light of the Radio
Western Centuries – No Cure Call The Captain
Michael Doucet – Covid 19 (Don’t Want It)  Covid 19 (Don’t Want It)
(mic break)
LaFavorites – Back Home Again  Back Home Again 
Stephanie Lambring – Fine Autonomy 
Paul Burch – Boogie Back Light Sensitive
Ned Hill – I Refrain By the Light of the Radio
Becky Warren – Good Luck (You’re Gonna Need It) The Sick Season
(mic break)
Chandler Holt & Lauren Stovall – Winter’s Night Waltz  Winter’s Night Waltz
This Frontier Needs Heroes – Go With The Flow Go With The Flow
John Moreland – Let Me Be Understood  LP5
Stephie James – Where The Sage Grows These Days 
Sam Morrow – Round ‘N Round Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down
(mic break)
Becky Warren – Appointment with the Blues The Sick Season
Ned Hill – Thunder In December By the Light of the Radio



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(Nov. 21st, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #480

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #480 is a “one-shot” show and marks the return of the FTB podcasts. It seem I was able to make a “deal with the devil” and get the OK to keep at it! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #480

Adam Wright – Cheer Up I Win  
Malin Pettersen – Hometown Wildhorse  
Great Peacock – Heavy Load Forever Worse Better 
David Quinn – Letting Go Letting Go
(mic break)
The Onlies – The House Carpenter The Onlies  
Will Kimbrough – My Right Wing Friend  Spring Break
Erin Harpe – Meet Me in the Middle Meet Me in the Middle 
Stephen Clair – Fixing To Fly The Small Hours
Jerry Jeff Walker – Old Five And Dimers Like Me  Ultimate Collection
(mic break)
Rick Shea – The Worlds Gone Crazy  Love & Desperation
Shemekia Copeland – Uncivil War Uncivil War
William Prince – Gospel First Nation  Gospel First Nation
400 Bears – Borderline 400 Bears
Western Terrestrials – King’s Highway Back in the Saddle of a Fever Dream
(mic break) 
Strung Like a Horse – Fuck What They Think Whoa!



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(Nov. 6th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #479

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Bill Frater


FTB Show #479 is a “one-shot” show and the last FTB podcast. My goal has always been to feature great new indie Americana music releases to benefit the artists. Unfortunately, the licensing powers make it very difficult and expensive to continue the podcasts. I greatly appreciate the support of the artists and my listeners these 10 plus years. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #479

Jack Ingram  – Times Like These (single)
Suzi Ragsdale – Loved and Won Ghost Town 
Quote the Raven – Hope (single)   
Jackson Emmer – Turn Up The Jukebox Alpine Coda
(mic break)
Amanda Shires – The Problem (feat. Jason Isbell)  (sales to benefit the Yellowhammer Fund)
Brent Cobb – Shut Up and Sing Keep ‘Em on They Toes
Andrew Grimm – Uh Huh A Little Heat
Lyman Ellerman – Things You Need To Know Closer To Home  
Front Country – Amerikan Dream  Impossible World
(mic break)
Donal Hinely – Great Again  Diary of a Snowflake
Kris Delmhorst – Bless Your Little Heart Long Day In The Milky Way 
Gasoline Lollipops – All the Misery Money Can Buy All The Misery Money Can Buy 
The Mastersons – Sensitive Souls  Red, White & I Love You Too
Arna Georgia – Passing Through  Yes Girl
(mic break)
Will Kimbrough – The Late Great John Prine Blues  Spring Break
Steve Poltz – Quarantine Blues (single)





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(Oct. 10th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #478

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Bill Frater


FTB Show #478 features two new albums, Hoosier National by Otis Gibbs and Prairie Love Letter by Brennen Leigh. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #478

Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Know I’m From Here  Prairie Love Letter 
Otis Gibbs – Nine Foot Problem  Hoosier National
The Mastersons – Eyes Open Wide  No Time For Love Songs
Golden Shoals – Everybody’s Singing Golden Shoals
(mic break)
Karen Jonas – The Last Cowboy (At The Bowling Alley) The Southwest Sky and Other Dreams 
Shoebox Letters – Drinking More Without You  Treasure Map
Mike Mattison –  Afterglow Afterglow
Brennen Leigh – You Ain’t Laying No Pipeline Prairie Love Letter
Otis Gibbs – Faithful Friend Hoosier National
(mic break)
Tennessee Jet – The Raven & The Dove The Country  
Wood & Wire – Can’t Keep Up No Matter Where It Goes From Here  
The Nields – We’re Gonna Build A Boat November
The Band of Heathens – Today is Our Last Tomorrow Stranger
Monte Warden & The Dangerous Few – Here Kitty Kitty Monte Warden & The Dangerous Few
(mic break)
Brennen Leigh – Billy & Beau Prairie Love Letter
Otis Gibbs – Mid Century Modern Hoosier National


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(Sept. 26th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #477

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Bill Frater


FTB Show #477 features the new album by Dirk Powell entitled When I Wait For You. and Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #477

Dirk Powell – Everything Is Alright  When I Wait For You
Iris DeMent – How Long  How Long
John Dennis – Board Game Money   Mortal Flames
Dan Penn – I Didn’t Hear That Coming Living On Mercy 
(mic break)
Cahalen Morrison – All Over Babylon  Wealth of Sorrow
Two Bird Stone – Hands and Knees Hands and Knees
Nora Jane Struthers – Slow Climb  Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words Zephaniah Ohora – Black & Blue Listening To The Music
Dirk Powell – Jack of Hearts When I Wait For You
(mic break)
Dirk Powell – I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly When I Wait For You
Hayes Carll – Arkansas Blues Alone Together Sessions
The Panhandlers – This Flatland Life The Panhandlers
India Ramey – King of the Ashes  Shallow Graves
Buzz Holland – Woman of the World  I’m from before.
(mic break)
Justin Townes Earle – Learning To Cry  Harlem River Blues



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(Sept. 11th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #476

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Bill Frater
Dandelion


FTB Show #476 features three new releases. Two songs each from Jerry Joseph, Emily Barker and Carolina Story along with new music from Colter Wall, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Cidny Bullens. and Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #476

Emily Barker – The Woman Who Planted Trees  A Dark Murmuration of Words
Carolina Story – Light of the Moon  Dandelion
Jerry Joseph – Days of Heaven The Beautiful Madness

The Beautiful Madness

(mic break)
Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes Western Swing & Waltzes and other Punchy Songs 
Eliot Bronson – She Loves The Mountains  Empty Spaces
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Secret Keepers The Dirt and the Stars 
Willie Nile –  A Little Bit Of Love New York At Night 
Carolina Story – See You When I See You Dandelion
(mic break)
Evan Ogden – Undone Undone 
Rodney Rice – Ain’t Got a Dollar Same Shirt, Different Day
Freddy & Francine – Budget  I Am Afraid To Die
Cidny Bullens – The Gender Line Walkin’ Through This World
Emily Barker – Machine A Dark Murmuration of Words
(mic break)
Jerry Joseph – Dead Confederate The Beautiful Madness

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(Sept. 1st, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #475

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Bill Frater
Cheers to Solitude

FTB Show #475 features the new release by The Two Tracks called Cheers To Solitude. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

The Two Tracks – Beautiful  Cheers to Solitude
Daniel Donato – Luck of the Draw  A Young Man’s Country
Della Mae – Wild One Headlight 
The Danberrys – Maddie’s Ghost  Shine
(mic break)
Arlo McKinley – Walking Shoes Die Midwestern 
Ashley Ray – Off the Wagon Again  Pauline
Jomo & The Possum Posse – Annie Is a Chicken Now  Take a Number, Satan
Robbie Fulks – Seventies Jesus  Pandemophenia
The Two Tracks – All Women Are Healers Cheers to Solitude
(mic break)
Richard Thompson – Survivor  Bloody Noses EP
Charley Crockett – Welcome to Hard Times  Welcome to The Hard Times
Michaela Anne –  Good Times  Burn My Bridges  
Kenny Roby – History Lesson  The Reservoir
The Jayhawks – Living In A Bubble  XOXO
(mic break)
The Two Tracks – Cheers to Solitude Cheers to Solitude

 

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(Aug. 17th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #474

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Bill Frater
Truth In The Mud

FTB Show #474 features two new releases, Truth In The Mud by Tara Dente and Peter Himmelman‘s Press On. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #474

Tara Dente – Hill So Steep Truth In The Mud
Peter Himmelman – The Wail Of The Trumpets & The Clatter Of The Hoofbeats Press On
Greg Felden – When The Change Comes   Made of Strings
Corb Lund – Tattoos Blues Agricultural Tragic 
(mic break)
Courtney Marie Andrews – It Must Be Someone Else’s Fault  Old Flowers  
Maple Run Band – Queen Of Labrador City Maple Run Band  
The HawtThorns – Give Me A Sign   Morning Sun
Peter Himmelman – Truth Proffered In A Hard Time Press On
Tara Dente – Ain’t No Time Truth In The Mud
(mic break)
Will Hoge – Even The River Runs Out Of This Town Tiny Little Movies 
Alexa Rose – Tried And True  Medicine For Living
Darlin’ Brando – When You Don’t Fight  Also, Too… 
Ted Russell Kamp – Waste A Little Time With Me Down In The Den
(mic break)
Peter Himmelman – Suite For Tambourine And Hand Claps Press On
Tara Dente – Truth In The Mud Truth In The Mud

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(Aug. 1st, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #473

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #473 is another “one-shot” show featuring single songs from some great recent Americana releases. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #473

Joshua Ray Walker – Voices Glad You Made It
India Ramey – King of the Ashes Shallow Graves
Nick Nace – White Trash Southern Belle  Wrestling with the Mystery
Dave Alvin – Link of Chain From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
(mic break)
Jaime Wyatt – Just A Woman Neon Cross 
Kyle Nix – Sweet Delta Rose Lightning on the Mountain & Other Short Stories
The Naked Sun – Burke Hollow War with Shadows
Nocona – Stabby Mike Los Dos
Andrea & Mud – Used Car Salesman Bad News Darlin’
(mic break)
Eliot Bronson – Even This Is Going to Pass (single)
Nate Lee – Somewhere Far Away Wings of a Jetliner
Lizanne Knott – Like I Love My Dog Bones And Gravity
Ray Wylie Hubbard – Bad Trick Co-Starring 
Ramblin’ Deano & Jon Langford – Quarantine Rock  Pandemophenia
(mic break)
Charlie Daniels – Long Haired Country Boy 16 Biggest Hits

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(July 10th, 2020)
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Freight Train Boogie Show #472

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Bill Frater

FTB Show #472 features two new releases, The Ridge by Julian Taylor and Ghost Tattoo by Kristen Grainger & True North. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts.  This is the direct link to listen now!

Show #472

Julian Taylor – Ballad Of A Young Troubadour The Ridge
Kristen Grainger & True North – Tattooed Love Song  Ghost Tattoo  
The Hackensaw Boys – Pass Unloving Eyes  A Fireproof House of Sunshine
Mike and the Moonpies –  Bottom of the Pile  Touch of You: The Lost Songs of Gary Stewart
(mic break)
Nell & Jim Band – By Stars And Sunrise  Western Sun
Ron Pope – San Miguel  Bone Structure
Charley Crockett – 10,000 Acres   The Valley
Julian Taylor – The Ridge  The Ridge
Kristen Grainger & True North – Keep The River On Your Right  Ghost Tattoo
(mic break)
J.S. Ondara – Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday  Folk n’ Roll Vol. 1: Tales Of Isolation
Mapache – Life On Fire  From Liberty Street 
Sarah Lee Langford – What Came First   Two Hearted Rounder  
The Band of Heathens – Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie  On The Road: A Tribute To John Hartford 
(mic break)
Kristen Grainger & True North – She Flies With Her Own Wings  Ghost Tattoo
Julian Taylor – Over The Moon  The Ridge

 

 

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(June 27th, 2020)
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