The North East Magazine
As we head into the New Year I thought I’d just mention a few really great albums that could adorn your CD collection that were released during the year as I take a country lookback over 2012. It was also the year of introducing quite a few newcomers to the world of country music that [...]
First a Happy Eastertime to you all and welcome to a touch of holiday country music. On this Easter weekend we launch an archived interview special with Tammy Wynette and I’ll be telling you how you can gain access to an interview I did with her twenty eight year ago on Easter Sunday. You can [...]
She is only 22 years old and in 2008 was ranked as the best selling musician of the year in the United States. Her debut single called ‘Tim McGraw’ was released in 2006 from her selftitled debut album and was subsequently certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and she was nominated in [...]
A couple of year ago when I was presenting a country show on a North East radio station I decided to take a look back over all of the CD’s released and give personal awards for the best of the year. The best female album of the year was awarded to Canadian artist Michelle Wright and [...]
Being a great Roger Miller fan I have to confess to listening first to a track called ‘Chug A Lug’ on Toby Keith new album. I was not disappointed as the song was the very same written by Miller years ago. With a few exceptions and apart from ‘Little Green Apples’ there have never been [...]
Looking Back Over The Country On this the first of the new shows into a brand New Year I’ll be taking a look back over the world of country music in 2009. As it’s a purely personal choice, it will feature what I consider to be the Best Male Artist Album…the Best Female Artist Album…the [...]
With only 16 days left to Christmas I thought I best mention that if you’re having a traditional Christmas and you wanted it countryfied then you will have to make a note of a brand new release from Patty Loveless who offers some of the best traditional sounds for quite some time. “It’s Appalachian, bluegrass [...]