Freight Train Boogie Podcasts

FTB Show #98 is a special end-of-year collection of "one-shots" with  LAKE STREET DIVE,  7 WALKERS,  CHRIS KOKESH and  THE WHITE BUFFALO. One Shots are single tracks from 2010 albums that got skipped over from previous shows.  This is the longest podcast I've done yet, over an hour but it also may be one of the best! Your input is always encouraged and appreciated. Please email me with any questio...

FTB podcast #97  features the new CD from ADAM KLEIN entitled Wounded Electric Youth .  Also new music from  SARA HICKMAN and a track from the forthcoming SARA LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION album, due in February. The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or...

FTB podcast #96 features the new CD from  SCOTT GIBSON  called  Just Keep Drivin' .  Also new music from   MARTI BROM   and  GIRL HAGGARD . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. (frater(at)freighttrainboogie.com) Here'...

FTB podcast #95 features the new CD from GARY BENNETT called My Ol' Guitar .  Also great new music from  ROCKIN’ JASON D. WILLIAMS and THE FABULOUS GINN SISTERS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. (frater(at)freigh...

FTB podcast #94 features the new CD from  MARSHALL CHAPMAN called  Big Lonesome .  Also great new music from  ELIZABETH McQUEEN and  TINY TELEVISION . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes link to s...

FTB podcast #93 features the new CD from THE RIZDALES called How The Marriage Ended .  Also great  new music from  COLIN GILMORE ,  ABBY OWENS and 6 DAY BENDER . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes...

FTB podcast #92 features the new CD from Bloodshot Records artist WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78's .  Also great  new music from  PETER COOPER , MELISSA GREENER   and the THE WINTERLINGS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts....

FTB podcast #91 features the new CD from Canadian JUSTIN RUTLEDGE entitled The Early Widows .  Also great  new music from  BOB REA ,  SAHARA SMITH and THRIFT STORE COWBOYS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's...

FTB podcast #90 is an Americana grab-bag of recent releases that I just haven't been able to get to until now.  So you'll find great  new music from HAUNTED HEARTS ,  LYNNE HANSON and BUXTER HOOT'N .  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestio...

  FTB podcast #89  features the debut CD by Louisiana honky-tonker YVETTE LANDRY called Should Have Known .  Also new music from FRONTIER RUCKUS, DALE WATSON and JAMES HYLAND AND THE JOINT CHIEFS .  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions...

  FTB podcast #88  features the new CD by the PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND called Legacy .  Also new Americana music from KIM RICHEY, DAVID BALL and ANGEL BAND .  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes...

FTB podcast #87  features the new CD by ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER called Master Sessions .  The album features two masters in steel guitarist LLOYD GREEN and Dobro player MIKE AULDRIDGE .  You'll also find new music from  BOBBY BARE, JR. and HEY MAVIS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podc...

FTB podcast #86 features the new CD by TREVOR ALGUIRE , called Now Before Us .  Also new music from GRAHAM WILKINSON , THE CHAPIN SISTERS and AMERICAN GRAVEYARD .  The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTune...

FTB podcast #85 features the new CD by DONNA BEASLEY entitled Under The Rushes .   Also new music from CARL BROEMEL , DEREK PRITZL and PO' GIRL .  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes link to subscr...

FTB podcast #84 features the new CD by   MARTY STUART , called   Ghost Train .  To my ears, this could be one of the best albums of 2010.    Be sure to check out Marty's video below too, it's great!  Also new music from   MIC HARRISON ,   HOT CLUB SANDWICH   (with   DAN HICKS ) and   THE STARLINGS .  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads...

FTB podcast #83 features the new CD by CALEB KLAUDER , called Western Country .  He's a Portland singer with a great retro country sound.  Also new music from JON LANGFORD, NORA JANE STRUTHERS and JUSTIN RUTLEDGE . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questio...

FTB podcast #82 features the new CD by EILEN JEWELL , it's called Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn . Also new music from CHARLIE LOUVIN, SHANNON WHITWORTH and a BAND OF HEATHENS download tune . The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast. Please email me with any questions or suggestio...

FTB podcast #81 is a grab-bag of mostly new Americana releases, with a few from acts who I saw last weekend at the  Pickathon Festival  near Portland.   We got new music from  THESE UNITED STATES ,   MANDA MOSHER   and  CALAFIA . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me  ...

TIM O'BRIEN 's  new CD, Chicken &  Egg is featured on show #80.   Also new music from ROMAN CANDLE ,  STONEHONE Y and CHATHAM COUNTY LINE . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes link to subscribe to...

  PAUL THORN 's  new CD, Pimps And Preachers is featured on show #79.   Also new music from RED EYE JUNCTION ,  NEIL NATHAN and THE SWEETBACK SISTERS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes link to...

KEVIN WELCH 's  new CD, A Patch of Blue Sky is featured on show #78.   Also new music from THE B STARS , LANCE WHALEN and US 32 . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's the  iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB p...

TERRI HENDRIX says Cry Till You Laugh and that's also the title of her new CD, featured on show #77.   Also new music from JOHN COWAN ,  CALEB KLAUDER and THE JOHN HENRYS . The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's...

DAVE GLEASON's 4th CD entitled Turn And Fade is featured on show #76.   Also new music from other Americana artists like CADILLAC SKY, DANGERMUFFIN and WATERMELON SLIM...  The full playlist is posted below.  Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please  email me with any questions or suggestions for the podcasts. Here's...

  S HINYRIBS is the moniker of Kevin Russell from The Gourds , find out  why on podcast #75, and buy  Well After Awhile from  Amazon . Also new music from ROBERT POE , SHELBY LYNNE and ROSE'S PAWN SHOP .  The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist's websites and order their CD's or downloads and tell 'em you heard the songs on the FTB podcast.  Please email me with any questions or sugges...

THE STONE RIVER BOYS ' CD Love On The Dial is featured on podcast #74.  The Texas-based quintet features guitarist Dave Gonzalez , formerly a driving force in the Hacienda Brothers and the Paladins , and vocalist Mike Barfield , onetime leader of the Hollisters. Together, Barfield and Gonzalez have fashioned a gutsy crossbreed of country and R&B they’ve labeled “country funk.”  Also new music from...