The North East Magazine
There are few who can emulate her writing talent, and many would love to be one song behind. Mention hitmakers like Suzy Bogguss, The Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Deana Carter, Linda Ronstadt, Sara Evans, T.G.Sheppard and Pam Tillis to name only a few, and they have all recorded songs from the pen of [...]
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 [...]
There’s a great treat in store for traditional country music fans next month when Charley Pride returns to the UK to play a series of dates. For the uninitiated, Charley is one of the few African American country musicians to have achieved across the board success around the world with his music and only the [...]
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 [...]
When it comes to Albums Of The Week, I’ve got an absolute belter for you on this weeks American Connection show. It’s so good I could have played all twelve tracks, but because of time I may only get the chance to play four….it’s from Hank Williams Jnr. There are five country artists celebrating birthdays [...]
If you like the sounds of a group or band rather than solo performers there’s a real treat in store on today’s show as our Album Of The Week comes from Little Big Town. I’ll be introducing you to new artists like Amber Hayes, Florida Georgia Line, High Valley and Casey James and I’ll be [...]
One of our country birthday boys on todays show celebrated his seventy fourth birthday this week is still touring and is one of country’s greatest crossover artists. Our Album Of The Week comes from a new artist called Teea Goans who presents her second album…and it’s a belter. The Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts is [...]
When it comes to modern country music from British artists you can do no better than join me for today’s show when I’ll be playing the British version of Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry when I feature a Scottish threesome called Ashton Lane in our Made In Britain slot. Our Album Of The Week [...]