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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!  Easton not western but certainly country.
If you’ve been a country fan for a fair while now you’ll have noticed that where as one time you could hear a steady flow of recognizable names in the charts, it seems now that the steady flow becomes
[...click on headline to read full story]  There’s a mega prize waiting to be won on this weeks show as Euvue celebrates its first birthday.
By entering a simple competition you can win seven albums containing 152 tracks, just join me on the show to find out more. In our On this Day feature you can find out how much Lionel Richie’s divorce cost him and if Elizabeth Taylor really likes wedding cake. Our Album of the
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With that in mind American Recordings and Lost Highway Records have released the sixth and final instalment of Johnny Cash’s critically acclaimed American Recordings album series. All the albums in this particular series have been produced by Rick Rubin and this last one is
[...click on headline to read full story]  To the uninitiated the name of Gretchen Peters may not mean a lot.
To those however with a musical ear and a realization of great talent then it means a great deal. Such is her talent that she is revered around the world by many of her peers. As a singer songwriter she has provided many artists with top hits and was responsible for providing chart toppers for
[...click on headline to read full story] Once again a warm invitation is extended to join me for some of the best music around.
On this weeks ‘On This Day’ feature I’ll be relating to what happened when Britney Spears shaved her hair off, and whose album which initially cost £2 eventually sold for £4000 and ‘why’!! There’s a look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and I’ll be
[...click on headline to read full story]  It was while guesting on a radio show with an old pal who has always had an interest in country music that I was introduced to the music of Josh Turner.
I had been invited by Dave Porter to join him on his Sunday morning show on BBC Radio Newcastle and to take with me half a dozen country albums that I thought were
[...click on headline to read full story] There’s quite a few mentions on todays show if you’ve dropped me a line, and there’s news of two of the best female singer/songwriters coming to the North East in May and June.
Our ‘On This Day’ feature lets you know what Elvis did after becoming ill on stage in 1973 and which band rocked the music world by deciding to split up on this day in 1996, I’ll also
[...click on headline to read full story]  It seems impossible but I’m sure I’ve just taken a listen to a breath of fresh air.
Mention names like Steely Dan, Vince Gill, Ringo Starr, Dan Fogelberg, Clint Black, Elton John, Crosby Stills and Nash and Timothy B Schmit has appeared on all their albums. He is better known of course as being the bass player/guitarist for the last sixteen years with The Eagles. His
[...click on headline to read full story]  An evening with a great singer/songwriterIn 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 wanted a ‘more authentic traditional country sound’,which in all fairness
[...click on headline to read full story]  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 Lynn story) and ‘Sweet Dreams’ (the life of Patsy Cline) and ‘Walk
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