The North East Magazine
American Heartland is a triple CD release from Sony Music. Described as ‘Songs that capture the spirit of America” it contains forty seven tracks from some of country’s more modern artists. This new offering gives the listener a look into the changing world of country music with a flavouring of folk, soft rock, country and [...]
‘Mother’ is the first solo album release from Natalie Maines former lead singer of the award winning Dixie Chicks. “I wanted this music to be very different from The Dixie Chicks” she says.”Lots of albums by lead singers might just have been made by the band, but I think this is very different from anything [...]
Thanks to prestigious efforts and dedication the North East has over the years placed itself on the map with country music festivals. From the early days of the Arts and Live Music (Gypsy’s Green ) Festival at South Shields, to the Great North Country and Western Festival at Witton Castle and the Rock Ridge Festival [...]
For many years The Statler Brothers recorded on the MCA record label so it’s no surprise that the Definitive Collection offers all their recordings in one complete package. However, when it comes to names or how artists got them, country music reigns supreme with The Statlers being contributors. Harold Jenkins became Conway Twitty named after [...]
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 [...]
According to the majority of musicians, there is nothing better than a good old ‘jam’ session. This is personified in a new CD release by an outfit called The Time Jumpers. Featuring studio musicians and singers this eleven piece outfit comprised of Dawn Sears, ‘Ranger’ Doug Green, Andy Reiss, Dennis Crouch, Jeff Taylor, Joe Spivey, [...]
It could seem that after the results of Britain’s Got Talent final where Ashley and doggie partner Pudsey took top honours that British audiences prefer dogs rather than singers to win. Not so however in the States where their talent shows produce more vocal winners than anything else. One such winner from their 2005 American [...]
There have been times over the years when reviewing new releases or playing artists on my radio shows that something special happens after the first listen. I remember the first time I heard Randy Travis and George Strait and thought that a brand new breath of fresh air was coming to country music with their [...]