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There’s news on this weeks American Connection Music Show regarding the forthcoming SummerTyne Americana Festival at the Sage Gateshead in July and I’ll be playing a track from one of the headline acts just announced. There’s a reminder as to how you can win tickets to see EmmyLou Harris and Rodney Crowell along with seven [...]
There’s around ninety minutes of great country music coming your way on today’s American Connection. There’s classic songs from Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Billie Jo Spears and I’ll be playing a track from a Canadian artist who celebrates his seventy fourth birthday today in our Country Birthdays slot. I’ll be taking the usual look [...]
When it comes to Albums Of The Week, I’ve got an absolute belter for you on this weeks American Connection show. It’s so good I could have played all twelve tracks, but because of time I may only get the chance to play four….it’s from Hank Williams Jnr. There are five country artists celebrating birthdays [...]
If you’ve ‘liked’ the American Connection Facebook page then it could be you who wins a couple of great country albums on today’s show when I make the free draw from all the ‘likes’. There’s a few dedications and requests and I’ll be introducing you new artists like One Night Rodeo, and Chelsea Basham. Our [...]
This week there’s a real special flavour to the show as we link in with Nashville and a superstar takes over to present the show. A couple of month ago Carrie Underwood became the first American country artist to play to a fully packed house at the Royal Albert Hall on her first visit to [...]
Even if I say it myself there’s a great across the board mix of good music on today’s show and there’s almost 100 minutes of it. Our Album Of The Week features a band that have reformed in their original personnel lineup to bring out a new EP…that’s Exile and it’s sheer modern country class [...]
There’s a few new names on today’s show as I’ll be introducing you to artists who perhaps haven’t heard of before. I’ll be taking a look at the chart movers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and playing the top three best selling singles today. Our Album Of The Week is a classic from [...]
There’s a plethora of different sounds on todays show and I shall be announcing who has won the Album Of The Week from last weeks show. There’s the usual look at the ups and down of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and there’s a brand new Number One today. I’ll be playing a track [...]