The North East Magazine
If you’re an avid watcher of the TV series ‘King Of The Hill’ the you may not know that the voice of ‘Elvin’ is provided by a chart topping country artist, or for that matter that the voice behind the KFC fast food restaurant chain also features the same. That same voice has also been [...]
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 [...]
Even if I say it myself it’s certainly a mixed bag of light and shade country goodies on today’s American Connection. Our Number One Take You Back Track goes back to this week in 1988 and features a song written by Beth Neilsen Chapman and Don Schlitz. The Album of the Week features Tracy Byrd [...]
Many may think when his name is mentioned ,that you are talking of a female country artist. That is where it ends however as Tracy Byrd is one of the great school of modern traditional male country artists. Tracy Lynn Byrd is the son of Jerry Lynn and Brenda Vaughan Byrd who was born in [...]
Our Take You Back Track Number One takes us back to October 1970 when the song in question was delivered to the artist by helicopter. The Album Of The Week features the latest offering from Easton Corbin who already has his first single from it in the Billboard Hot Singles Chart. I’ll also be taking [...]
If you’ve ‘liked’ the American Connection Facebook page, then it could be you that wins our Album Of The Week on today’s show from Adrianna Freeman along with the latest album from The Time Jumpers, as I’ll be making the draw later in the show. I’ll be taking the usual look at some country artist [...]
In 1966 the Lovin’ Spoonfull brought us a great chart entry with a song called ‘Nashville Cats’. One of the lines in the song related ‘There are Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Two Pickers in Nashville’…. years on of course there are many more all wanting a step on the fame ladder. Many never make it [...]
There’s some new names to introduce you to on todays American Connection show. Keleigh Bannen, Dee Hilligoss, Gwen Sebastian, The Gords and our Album of the Week introduces the Red Dirt Rangers. I’ll be taking the usual look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and playing the top three [...]