The North East Magazine
Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes Of Freedom was released a couple of weeks ago to coincide with his first visit to the UK. Although he had never performed here before he did enjoy a number one record called ‘Over and Over’ with Nelly in 2005 and has had successful nationwide airplays with the song ‘Me and [...]
On Thursday gone, Nashville celebrated its 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards Show, with the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood Oscars. On today’s American Connection show I’ll be taking a look at who won what and playing tracks from the winners in a special section of the show. There’s also the usual features like [...]
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 [...]
From the early days of Boone Creek with Ricky Skaggs, and as frontman with Pure Prairie League I have always appreciated the talent of Vince Gill. Since those early days he has earned eighteen Country Music Association Awards and twenty Grammies (the most of any country music artist) and sold in excess of eighteen million [...]
When it comes to sucessfull careers Tim McGraw must be a contender for leading the field of country artists. Not only clocking up multiple Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards, People’s Choice Awards and major film roles he has just completed his eleventh studio album to great acclaim. Released this week in Britain on the [...]
There are only a few artists who are known world wide by their christian name. Reba McEntire is one. It is over a decade since one of the biggest female artists in country music appeared in Britain, but next month she returns to top the bill at the return of the International Festival of Country [...]
As we head into another New Year, todays show takes at look back at country music happenings over 2011. I’ll be playing some of the best album tracks that that came from Nashville over the last twelve months in this one hundred minute special. If you want to sit back and relax before you start [...]
It is almost a year since another piece of country music history was made. On the second of September 2010 Multi Award winning duo Brooks and Dunn (Kix and Ronnie) decided after twenty years at the top of the hitmakers ladder that they would quit their duo association and revert back to their solo interests. [...]