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Freight Train Boogie Show #574

Bill Frater — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:28:31 +0000

FTB podcast #574 features a grab bag of great recent releases! New songs from Colby Acuff, India Ramey, Bill Kirchen, The Two Tracks and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #474

The Montvales – Overtime Path of Totality
Breakfield – Ever-Loving Mind Breakfield
Ben Chapman – Everything’s Different Feet on Fire
The Deslondes – Lawdy Mama Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1
(mic break)
John R. Miller – If You Could Only See Me Now The Great Unknowing
Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet Ain’t Dead Yet
The Two Tracks – Mexico By Friday Seasons Unknown
Marley’s Ghost – Birmingham Bounce Honky Tonk
(mic break)
Kiki Cavazos – Goodbye the Crazies Goodbye Blues
Joe Abbott – You’ll Never Know My Heart feat. Cat Clyde (single)
Yarn – Brand New Light Saturday Night Sermon
Bill Kirchen – Cat Out Of The Bag Cat Out Of The Bag
(mic break)
William Alexander – All I Stand To Lose Along The Boundary Line
Thomas Csorba – The Big Time Tender Country
Colby Acuff – Matter of Time Handmade Horsepower
India Ramey – Cult Money Villian Era
(mic break)
Don Williams – How Can I Miss What I Never Had Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes

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(June 6th, 2026)
Bill Frater

Freight Train Boogie Show #573

Bill Frater — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:34:53 +0000

FTB podcast #573 features a grab bag of great recent releases! New songs from Vincent Neil Emerson, Poi Rogers, Emily Nenni, Old Crow Medicine Show and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show # 573

Crow and Gazelle – Fall How It Will Truth Be Told
Elizabeth and The Catapult – Bored of Myself Responsible Friend
Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters – Apparition Apparition
Matthew Payne – Down in the Valley Better Times
(mic break)
Maisy Owen – On My Way Down Dark on a Sunny Day
Jim Lauderdale – Everybody’s Got A Problem Country Super Hits Volume 2
Ryan Dart – Dancing On Your Porch If Love Don’t Break You
Emily Nenni – Livin’ In Shame Movin’ Shoes
(mic break)
Tenille Townes – Grey Like Emmylou feat. I’m With Her The Acrobat
Old Crow Medicine Show – Last American Waltz feat. Molly Tuttle Union Made
Sam Bergquist – Landfill Devils & Doves
Margo Price – Rita Ballou Old No. 1 Revisited
Vincent Neil Emerson – The Great Highway Blue Stars
(mic break)
Thomm Jutz – Knocking ‘Round Knoxville Ring-A-Bellin’
Andrew Duhon – Algorithm & Blues (single)
Poi Rogers – Pineapple Pizza Whirligig

Freight Train Boogie Show #572

Bill Frater — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:45:25 +0000

FTB podcast #572 features two great new albums by Wake by Dirk Powell and Queen Esther‘s Blackbirding. Also new tunes from Benjamin Tod, Rachel Brooke, Bobby Dove and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #572

Queen Esther – Hey Virginia Blackbirding
Dirk Powell – Joyful Noise Wake
Colton Bowlin – State Lines Grandpa’s Mill
Benjamin Tod – Goner Vengeance and Grace
(mic break)
The Milk Carton Kids – A Friend Like You Lost Cause Lover Fool
Tenille Townes – Enabling The Acrobat
Chip Taylor – Do Somethin’ Good Behind the Sky
Queen Esther – Home Free Blackbirding
Dirk Powell – High Score King Wake
(mic break)
Bobby Dove – Leaving Manitoba Fortune Teller
Lewis Pugh – Beaufort County Jail Heretics & Heritage
Kevin Carducci – Open Up The Honky Tonks Easy Does It
Rachel Brooke – The Real Pretender This One’s For You
Charley Crockett – Fastest Gun Alive Age of the Ram
(mic break)
Dirk Powell – Down The Line Wake
Queen Esther – Rebels Blackbirding
Jon Dee Graham – Butterfly Wing Summerland

Freight Train Boogie Show #571

Bill Frater — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:11:47 +0000

FTB podcast #571 features the new album by The Band of Heathens called Country Sides. Also new tunes from Eric Bibb, Della Mae, Trey Hensley and more. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #571

The Band of Heathens – Lead Don’t Follow Country Sides
Daniel Young – Baby, Baby Blue Another Golden Hour
Meels – Vultures Across The Raccoon Strait
Odd Marshall – Outta Here Seconds
(mic break)
Sam Lewis – The Light feat. Judy Blank Everything’s Fine
Della Mae – I Compare Everyone To You Magic Accident
Trey Hensley – Drown Can’t Outrun The Blues
Eric Bibb – This One Don’t One Mississippi
The Band of Heathens – Take The Cake Country Sides
(mic break)
Brit Taylor – Broke No More Land Of The Forgotten
The Waymores – A Dozen Roses The Knot
Rick Shea – Guardian Angel Smoke Tree Road
Garrett Boys – Who I Am It Runs Deep
(mic break)
The Band of Heathens – High on Our Own Supply
Country Sides
Texas Tornados – (Hey Baby) Que Paso (feat. Augie Meyers)

Freight Train Boogie Show #570

Bill Frater — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:47:23 +0000

FTB podcast #570 features the new album John Craigie entitled I Swam Here. Also new music from Steve Poltz, Emily Scott Robinson, Clay Street Unit and Big Richard. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #570

John Craigie – Fire Season I Swam Here
Natalie Del Carmen – El Cortez Pastures
Cordovas – Step Outside Back to Life
Steve Poltz– Love a Little Bigger JoyRide
(mic break)
Emily Scott Robinson – Dirtbag Saloon Appalachia
Sammy Brue – Love At A Glance The Journals
Keegan McInroe – Neon John Neon John
John Craigie – I Remember Nothing I Swam Here
(mic break)
Clay Street Unit – Drive Sin & Squalor
Big Richard – Millionaire Pet
Terry Klein – Try Hill Country Folk Music
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence – Thank You, But No Thank You Havin’ A Talk
Garrett Boys – Back Home feat. Steve Earle It Runs Deep
(mic break)
John Craigie – Edna Strange I Swam Here
Vince Gill – March On March On 50 Years From Home: Secondhand Smoke

Freight Train Boogie Show #569

Bill Frater — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:17:45 +0000

FTB podcast #569 features the album Circle and Square by Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz. Also new music from Tommy Womack, Lucinda Williams, Cordovas and the Sam Grisman Project. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #569

Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz – 10 to 4 Circle and Square
Eric & The Soo – Motel Blues Phoenix
Solid Air – Dusty Road The West is on Fire
Jesper Lindell – Pretend I Never Happened 3614 Jackson Highway
(mic break)
David Huckfelt – Anything I Was Born But…
The Lowest Pair – The Uncertain Seas Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be
Owen Temple – Ain’t We Lucky (single)
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz – Thomas Hart Benton Circle And Square
(mic break)
The Mammals – Do Good Touch Grass Vol. 2
Tommy Womack – I Guess We’re at that Age Live A Little
Lucinda Williams – The World’s Gone Wrong feat. Brittney Spencer World’s Gone Wrong
Cordovas – Step Outside Back to Life
Sam Grisman Project – Long Hard Year feat. Max Flanburg Sam Grisman Project
(mic break)
Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz – Life of the Mind Circle and Square

Freight Train Boogie #568 (Best of 2025 Show)

Bill Frater — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:41:44 +0000

FTB podcast #568 features my favorite album from 2025 including James McMurtry, Jesse Welles, The Shootouts and the late Joe Ely. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #568

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives – Slipnote Serenade Space Junk (intro bed)
Hayes Carll – Good People (Thank Me) We’re Only Human
The Shootouts – Half a World Away Switchback
Margo Price – Wild At Heart Hard Headed Woman
Leftover Salmon – Let’s Party About It Let’s Party About It
(mic break)
Ken Pomeroy – Wrango Cruel Joke
Jason Isbell – Wind Behind The Rain Foxes in the Snow
Willi Carlisle – Wildflowers Growin’ Winged Victory
James McMurtry – Back to Coeur d’Alene The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
(mic break)
Jesse Welles – Don’t Go Giving Up Devil’s Den
Brennen Leigh – You’re Finally Hurtin’ Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love
John Cowan and Andrea Zonn – Rollin’ Down the Hill The HercuLeons
Tyler Childers – Bitin’ List Snipe Hunter
(mic break)
Seth Walker – The Same Love That Made Me Laugh Why The Worry
Suzy Thompson – Any Day Woman Suzy Sings Siebel
Rodney Crowell – Louisiana Sunshine Feeling Okay Airline Highway
(mic break)
Joe Ely – Honky Tonk Masquerade Honky Tonk Masquerade

Freight Train Boogie #567 (2025 Christmas Show)

Bill Frater — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:53:14 +0000

FTB podcast #567 features mostly new holiday songs from recent releases from artists like Wild Earp, Melissa Carper, Old Crow Medicine Show and the late Raul Malo. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #567

Sam Bush – Sleigh Ride (intro bed)
Melissa Carper – Plug In The Tree A Very Carper Christmas
The Doohickeys – Merry Happy Whatever Merry Happy Whatever
Province of Thieves – Santa’s Reel At Christmas Time
Old Crow Medicine Show – Corn Whiskey Christmas OCMS XMAS
(mic break)
Willie Nelson – Christmas Love Song single
Ryanhood – I Can Tell It’s Christmas On Christmas
Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen – Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas Hillbilly Holiday
Grey DeLisle & Les Green – I Don’t Want Nothin’ single
The Mavericks – Santa Does Hey! Merry Christmas!
(mic break)
Ron Pope – It Ain’t Christmas single
Dan Penn – One Blue Light single
Rachael & Vilray – Just Me This Year single
Louis Armstrong – ‘Zat You, Santa Claus? (Hipsters Holiday)
The Shootouts – Christmas Eve Without You (single)
(mic break)
Old Sap – Christmas in Prison single
Old Crow Medicine Show – Jolly Man OCMS XMAS
Wild Earp – Sick on Christmas single
Melissa Carper – Cruisin’ In Santa’s Sleigh A Very Carper Christmas
(mic break)
Raul Malo – Pretty Paper To Kate

Freight Train Boogie Show #566

Bill Frater — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:13:16 +0000

FTB podcast #566 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Shawn Camp, Meredith Moon, John Gorka and the late Todd Snider. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #566

Kurt Lee Wheeler – Portland Lathemtown
Colter Wall – 1800 Miles Memories and Empties
Meghan Clarisse – Strong Shadows of a Ghost Town
Joshua Hedley – Fresh Hot Biscuits All Hat
(mic break)
John Gorka – Particle & Wave (Goodness In The World) unentitled
William Prince – All the Same Further From the Country
Meredith Moon – East City Blues From Here To The Sea
The Far West – Happy Now Everything We Thought We Wanted
Luke Bell – Dark House Of Fools The King Is Back
(mic break)
Joshua Ray Walker – Stuff Stuff
Jeremy Pinnell – Barabbas Decades
Shawn Camp – Old Hillbilly Hand-Me-Down The Ghost of Sis Draper
Melissa Carper – Made With Love A Very Carper Christmas
(mic break)
Todd Snider – While We Still Have A Chance High, Lonesome and Then Some.
Todd Snider – Play A Train Song East Nashville Skyline

Freight Train Boogie Show #565

Bill Frater — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:43:57 +0000

FTB podcast #565 features single songs from great recent releases from artists like Josh Ritter, Nicki Bluhm, Robbie Fulks, West Texas Exiles and more! Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts. Here is the direct link to listen now!

Show #565

Brennen Leigh – A Reason To Drink Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love
Dallas Burrow – When The Cowboy Rides The Way The West Was Won
West Texas Exiles – Division feat. Kelly Willis 8000 Days
Forrest VanTuyl – Mercury Comet Old Trails
(mic break)
Alison Brown & Steve Martin – Dear Time feat. Jackson Browne Safe, Sensible And Sane
Nicki Bluhm – Cumberland Banks Rancho Deluxe
Jeff Berkley – People A Buffalo Trace
Clover County – Good Game Finer Things
Otis Gibbs – Unloved Flower The Trust of Crows
(mic break)
Chaparelle and Sierra Ferrell – When It Snows In Texas
Josh Ritter – The Throne I Believe in You, My Honeydew
Jesse Welles – Will The Computer Love The Sunset Pilgrim
Dar Williams – Hummingbird Highway Hummingbird Highway
(mic break)
Robbie Fulks – Workin’ No More Blues Now Then
Poi Rogers – You’re All That I Need Twilight Blues
Paul Burch – One If By Land Cry Love
(mic break)
Margo Price – Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down Hard Headed Woman