On this weeks show it’s your last chance to become a winner for the month of January by taking part in our ‘Beat The Bugle’ competition. Still up for grabs before we make the draw..you could win a double CD from Jim Reeves of unreleased songs and a exclusive Mavericks album. Our ‘On This Day’ [...]
Get Lucky with Mark Knopfler
When it comes to entertainment the North East has always held its head high with entertainers who have firmly established themselves in a world market, be it stage, screen or music. There are too many to mention here but as a taster there’s the recent success of Joe McElderry, Alan Price, Alan Armstrong, Jimmy Nail, [...]
A ‘stompin’ success
Euvue reviewer Angela Foster was at the opening night of ‘Stomp’ at Sunderland Empire last night Sheer brilliant enthusiasm with beat and counter rhythms drove this show to an outstanding climax. It ran non stop for just over an hour and a half with the team of eight artists made up of six males and [...]
Nanci Griffith The Loving Kind
An evening with a great singer/songwriter In the halycon days of country music festivals when there was practically one every month here in Britain I remember attending the Peterborough festival and seeing what was probably Nanci Griffiths’ first appearance in Britain. Although I enjoyed her set, I know there were many in the audience who [...]
One More Time- Elvis Presley In Concert
Elvis has not left the building-yet! As a photo-journalist for many years I remember being asked to cover an Elvis Presley concert and as usual with most mega stars shows you are allowed to take pictures during the first two or three songs then you are ushered off into the far beyond in case you [...]
A trip in the country
Once again a warm welcome is extended for you to join me as we take a look at some of the great music coming out of Music City USA There’s all sorts of gossip around Nashville this week and you can hear why Carrie Underwood is looking forward to her wedding day and who the [...]
Whitney Houston
European Tour Dates In Support Of Global Chart-Topping Album I Look To You On the heels of her critically acclaimed, internationally chart-topping album I Look To You, Whitney Houston recently announced the first leg of an eagerly anticipated European tour, her first major tour in more than 11 years. On Thursday 22nd April she plays [...]
Crazy Heart Movie Soundtrack
Over the years many large screen movies have carried country music as part of their soundtrack, some without the viewer even knowing it was there. During the seventies some of the best samples were the ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ series ‘Urban Cowboy’ and ‘WW and the Dixie DanceKings’. Biographical epics like ‘Coalminers Daughter’ (the Loretta [...]