Randy Bruce Traywick began playing country music in his early teens with his brother Ricky when they formed a duo and called themselves The Traywicks. It was years later when he won a talent competition that the clubs owner to a liking to his music and he changed his name to Randy Ray. It was [...]
World War II in 3D (Bluray DVD)
World War 2 was the most destructive event in human history. Recent calculations have established that for the nearly five years duration of the War the daily death toll amounted to 70,000.It is indeed chilling to realise that the vast majority of these casualties were of civilian’s men women and children killed on the “home [...]
Wine,Women and Song
Wine, Women and Song, whichever way you look at it it spells Matraca Berg, Gretchen Peters, and Suzy Bogguss. Not only that but it spells a great night of musical entertainment and banter among three great friends. Each in their own right have indelibly stamped their mark in the musical world, through singing, songwriting and [...]
Escape to the Country
There’s a great mix of across the board country on todays show from an Elvis cross over rocker through to the gentility of a new artist called Sierra Hull. Our ‘Remember This’ track is chosen by a listener from Skipton taking us back to 1960 and our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track featured on an album [...]
The American Connection-Talking Country
Apart from the normal ‘American Connection’ show today there’s a real treat in store if you like a helping of traditional country and were a fan of the late Johnny Cash. Today the ‘Man In Black’ would have celebrated his seventy ninth birthday and as a special tribute we launch a new feature called ‘Talking [...]
Marty Stuart
Apart from being a great instrumentalist and entertainer Marty Stuart is a memorabilia collector. From the early age of eleven Marty was influenced by the music of Lester Flatt, little knowing as a self taught musician that years later he would be playing in his band. His on stage musical career had started at the [...]
Fifty Greatest Hits from Tom T Hall
Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing many of the country greats, the majority in the comfort of a radio studio, hotel room, or a dressing room. One of the strangest however has to be an interview with the ‘storyteller’ of country music Tom T Hall, on the way to, during, and back [...]
Ken Dodd brings ‘Happiness’ to Sunderland
What makes you have a good old hearty laugh? When it comes to having a tear stained face through laughing there are a few who do it for me. Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, The Goons, Tommy Cooper, Morecambe and Wise, Joe Pasquale, the radio show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’ and then there’s [...]