Our Album Of The Week on today’s show comes from a stalwart of the country music scene who bounced into our lives with a song titled ‘Here In The Real World’…that’s Alan Jackson. There’s a few dedications and requests and one takes us back to a song that was used in a British TV advert. [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s a cornucopia of great country sounds on todays show with an eclectic mix of old and new. Our Album Of The Week features an award winning young brother and sister trio who go by the name of The Band Perry. I’ll be taking the usual look at the ups and downs of the Billboard [...]
Nanci Griffith at The Sage Gateshead
Many years ago in the halycon days of the Peterborough Country Music Festival I had the pleasure of seeing a fairly new artist at the time called Nanci Griffith. Nanci was new to hard core British country music audiences and it was not perhaps until the release of her album ‘Lone Star State of Mind’ [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
There’s a wealth of great country music on todays show and a reminder as to how you can win a couple of albums by becoming a member of our American Connection Facebook page. Our Album of the Week features the musical diversity of Lyle Lovett with his latest release entitled ‘Release Me’. There’s the usual [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s news on today’s show of a special bumper Christmas giveaway by just becoming a member of the American Connection Facebook page. You could win albums from Lyle Lovett, Ben Kweller, Gretchen Peters, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley and single releases from Toby Keith, Tift Merritt, Sean Wilson, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson and Alison Moorer. [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s an exclusive on todays American Connection when I’ll be playing tracks from an album that is not officially released until January next year. Singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters releases her new album ‘Hello Cruel World’ in two months time however you can here three tracks from it on todays show as it takes up our ‘Album [...]
Wembley International Festival Of Country Music 2012
After much speculation over the last few months the International Festival of Country Music is back after an absence of twenty years. The shows which featured artists from Hank Snow, to Merle Haggard, George Jones and Tammy Wynette attracted a pilgrimage of country fans over each Easter weekend and was affectionately known as ‘Wembley’ by [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
On this week’s show I’m introducing you to a new feature that pays tribute to the British Country music artists who entertain around the length and breadth of the country. ‘Made in Britain’ today features a Scottish artist who has already gained accolades from various British organisations and he features in our very first spot. [...]