Author Archives: Bill Frater

About Bill Frater

This blog, Americana Boogie is mostly about new music releases in the Americana music genre. Bill Frater is passionate about Americana and roots music and writes about new releases here. He does weekly radio shows on JiveRadio.org and BluegrassCountry.org. Frater also does a bi-weekly podcast show on http://FTBpodcasts.com.

Americana Music Releases for Jan. 17th

Posted on January 16, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for January 17th, 2025. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, … Continue reading →

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Americana Music Releases for Jan. 10th

Posted on January 8, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for January 10th, 2025. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best of 2024

Posted on December 15, 2024 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2024. As is frequently the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 20! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best of 2023

Posted on December 14, 2023 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2023. As is frequently the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 20! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best of 2022 List

Posted on January 8, 2023 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2022. As is frequently the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 20! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best of 2021 List

Posted on December 22, 2021 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2021. As is frequently the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 20! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best Music of 2020

Posted on December 23, 2020 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2020. As is frequently the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 15! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best Music of 2019

Posted on January 2, 2020 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music releases of 2019. As is usually the case, my Top 10 ends up being more of a Top 20! Please send me your picks for best music and I’ll post some here. … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best Music of 2017

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

Here’s Bill Frater’s picks for the best music of 2017. As is usually the case, my Top 10 ends up being a Top 20, also I decided to select some favorite songs of the year. Please send me your picks … Continue reading →

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Americana Boogie Best CD’s of 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

Here’s my Top Ten CD releases for 2016, plus a few more… Parker Millsap – The Very Last Day Margo Price –  Midwest Farmer’s Daughter Sturgill Simpson –  A Sailor’s Guide to Earth The Stray Birds –  Magic Fire John Prine … Continue reading →

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