Country Matters-The American Connection

There’s an across the board mixed bag of music coming your way on todays show with something for everyone. There’s also an invitation to win tickets to see Lyle Lovett in concert at The Sage Gateshead when he appears in July as part of the SummerTyne Americana Festival. I’ll be taking the usual look at [...]

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Country Breeze

On todays show you can win the latest highly acclaimed CD release from Dierks Bentley by just sending me an e-mail. I’ll be taking a look back over the years and telling you what happened on this particular day (11th September) in our  ’On This Day’ feature and I’ll be mentioning Bob Dylan, the FA [...]

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Beckaroo Becky

At the beginning of the eighties I was introduced to the music of Moe Bandy an ex rodeo clown who through his down home traditional sounds was gaining great chart success both with single and album releases. One of his singing buddies during this time was fellow artist Joe Stampley ,teaming together they recorded a [...]

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Beckaroo at her best

Many years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the stalwarts of the country music scene Moe Bandy. He had been a rodeo clown prior to hitting the big time as a country entertainer and while we talked about his latest release he told me to take a listen to a new female [...]

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