You’re probably aware of country music, cajun music, and outlaw music but are you aware of Red Dirt music?. Red Dirt music is a genre of music that gets its name from the colour of the soil found in Oklahoma, although Stillwater in Oklahoma is supposedly the centre of the Red Dirt Music sound. Not [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
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 [...]
Dierks Bentley – Home
Dierks Bentley has come a long way since he released his first self titled album in 2003. During that time he has charted seven number one singles and produced the same number of albums the last of which is released here in Britain next Monday (Feb 20th). His last album entitled ‘Up On The Ridge’ [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
On this weeks show I’ve got news of Suzy Bogguss coming back to the North East to play a date in May and a roundup of other visiting artists in our Who’s Where and When section. The Album of the Week is an absolute cracker from Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers who by [...]
The Lazybirds – Broken Wing
Hailing from North Carolina the Ladybirds play a handsome mix of country blues, folk, bluegrass and jazz and are master musicians and players to their fingertips. This is an album of classy covers and one self penned delight, the title track ‘Broken Wing’. There is an interesting mix of unusual instruments with banjo utilized to [...]
O Brother Where Art Thou
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 [...]
Alison Krauss-Paper Airplane Tour
Over last weekend many musical appreciators flocked to The Sage Gateshead to enjoy a great eclectic mix of music at the SummerTyne Americana Festival. Music of all genres was catered for through the three day event from Tex Mex, to Cajun, Americana, Country and many more including bluegrass. On the final night Lyle Lovett’s set [...]
Lyle Lovett Natural Forces
Although I’ve always been associated with country music my musical tastes are eclectic and over the years as a musician I’ve played in rock, pop, folk, country and trad jazz bands. As I’ve often mentioned before the possibility is that country music is the one and only genre that envelops all genres in one package. [...]