The North East Magazine
One of the biggest dates in the country fans musical calendar used to be the International Festival of Country Music held at London’s Wembley Arena each year over the Easter weekend. Affectionately know as the Wembley Festival it gave the country fans the pleasure of seeing many of the legendary country acts here in Britain [...]
I’ll be giving you a small taste of Christmas country music on today’s American Connection with a track from an album that you can win by ‘liking’ the American Connection Facebook page before next week’s show. Add to that other two non Christmas albums and it could make you a nice stocking filler. Our Take [...]
It’s that time of year again when I get the chance to dust off the Christmas Country CD’s. If you haven’t got into the Christmas Spirit of things yet because you’ve been rushing around trying to get everything sorted for tomorrow…then I’ve got the complete antidote to make your Christmas better. There’s a brilliant selection [...]
There’s a smattering of Christmas ‘country fayre’ on this weeks show with a few Christmas flavoured songs to whet your appetite for next weeks Christmas Eve Country Special. Our Album Of The Week features a new release from David Nail and our ‘Remember This ‘ track is a special song for listeners who celebrate their [...]
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. [...]
As we head towards the New Year and you may have been given cash for your Christmas gift, I thought I’d recommend a few releases that you may want to add to your New Years listening. If you like trio sounds The Dixie Chicks have recently released a double CD entitled ‘the Essential Dixie Chicks’, [...]
On this weeks show it’s a break from the normal as I’ll be playing some great Christmas songs from country artists. It’s a special time of year and it gives me chance to dust off a few CD’s and play some great Christmas flavoured songs that hopefully will put you in the mood where you [...]
Boxing Day Christmas Country on Euvue As we all know Christmas is that special time of year for sharing…and with that in mind today I’d like to share a special time with you whether you’re with your family or it’s just you and me together There’s a mixed back of christmas country goodies with country [...]