The North East Magazine
Lee Ann Womack – The Definitive Collection is the latest compilation offering on the Humphead record label. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since she emerged on the country scene proper in 1997 mixing an old fashioned styling with modern contemporary traits. Earlier years however had seen her studying the commercial side [...]
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 [...]
Love and Theft debut album release becomes available here next month on February 11th on the RCA Nashville record label. This new country duo comprising of Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson have already been nominated for Country Music Association, Country Music Television and Academy of Country Music Awards in the USA. The pair did [...]
Chris Youngs ‘Neon’ will be released to coincide with his UK debut next month as part of the CMA Songwriters Series. The Country Music Association’s Songwriter series involves Stateside songwriters, the likes of Chris, Bob DiPiero,Brett James, and Kristian Bush all present on stage singing and talking about their best known songs. The English date [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]