The North East Magazine
On today’s American Connection Music Show the ‘Remember This’ slot features a lady who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Her first ever composition was entitled ‘My Dog Sergeant Is A Good Dog’………… Our Album Of The Week takes the shape of a new release called Nashville [...]
Hank Cochran is considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in the history of country music. Over the years he has had his songs recorded by many artists with the majority of them being Number One chart successes. Songs that spring to mind instantly would be ‘I Fall To Pieces’ and ‘She’s Got You’(Patsy [...]
One of our country birthday boys on todays show celebrated his seventy fourth birthday this week is still touring and is one of country’s greatest crossover artists. Our Album Of The Week comes from a new artist called Teea Goans who presents her second album…and it’s a belter. The Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts is [...]
To the uninitiated the name Merle Haggard may not mean a great deal, however the the country music appreciator Haggard of ‘The Hag’ as he is affectionately known ranks as one of the greatest country artists in its musical history. Many devotees of country relate that ‘the voice’ of country has to be George Jones [...]
For the traditional country music fan 2006 was a sad year when the ‘gentle giant’ of country music Don Williams announced that he was retiring. A ‘Farewell Tour of the World’ followed with Don playing numerous dates in Europe and in the United States. It culminated with a ‘Final Farewell Concert’ in Memphis Tennessee at [...]
As we’re ony days away from the start of a New Year I thought I’d take a look back over the country scene of 2011. It was the year when thankfully more American artists appreciated the fact that country music was alive and well in Britain and decided to visit. Appearances in our area of [...]
It’s hard to believe that it is a decade since one of the most unlikely successes in music history was released. Anyone who saw the movie ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ will not only remember a great piece of film making but also the brilliant soundtrack that complimented it. The soundtrack from the movie went [...]
Blind singer Diane Schuur has made nineteen albums in a career in which her voice has become a byword for polish and poise in the jazz idiom. Possessed of a voice of great intimacy and range she has repeatedly made her own jazz standards over more than thirty years.A fact recognized with her two Grammy [...]