The Kids Are All Right. A story written over a hundred years ago about growing up, raging hormones, lust and the biggest mystery of all, love . It was too hot to handle then, too sexy and inappropriate for the late Victorian age. Not in front of the children! Now the children or should I [...]
Magical Miller
I’ve already indulged myself to an early (forgive me) Christmas present. If you like your country music the way it used to be a few decades ago when the charts successes stayed at the number one spot for weeks, then you may be interested in a favourite artist of mine from those halycon days. Many [...]
To Infinity and Beyond
When man first went to the Moon a photograph was taken of the Earth which looked like a bright blue and green ball in a sea of endless black. How endless is grasped in this fascinating and educating double DVD by National Geographic entitled Extreme Universe. Our World lies within a Universe which has at [...]
Sampling the Country Life
On this weeks show I’ll be launching a new competition where you can win tickets to see Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tift Merrit in concert at the Sage Gateshead. Our Album of the Week comes as a double CD release from Jamey Johnson and our ‘Remember This’ track takes us back to the sixties. ‘On [...]
Sheila Mackie remembered
Many people around the globe will be saddened by the news that North East artist and illustrator Sheila Mackie has died. Born in Chester-le-Street Sheila was originally art mistress at Consett Grammar School which later became Blackfyne Comprehensive and it was from here that she would abscond to spend months painting the animals at Bertram [...]
Pink Floyds London and Cambridge DVD
Now You Are There, a stroll through Pink Floyd’s early roads and late paths. One of the biggest selling and influential bands of all time was Pink Floyd, the main members of whom, Barrett, Gilmore and Waters all came from Cambridge. This DVD takes you down all the bye-ways of that town where they lived, [...]
The Guitar Song in black and white
Around 2005 Nashville introduced to a new artist by the name of Jamey Johnson. His first single release was the title track of his album,’The Dollar ‘it was not however until until three years later that along with a new record label that he had his first Top Ten singles hit with two tracks ’High [...]
Musical Split
If you’re a music lover then the place to be this coming weekend is Sunderland. Held at Ashbrooke Sports Club the Split Festival is going to be the musical event of the year as it will be showcasing some of the biggest names in the business on both local and national platforms, on the 25th [...]