The North East Magazine
On today’s American Connection Radio Show I’ll be playing a track from a singer who posed in the Playgirl magazine, introducing you to a rising star from Australia, and featuring a song from a ‘singing fisherman’. Our Album Of The Week features Eric Church and a European release which debuted in 2006….don’t ask…I’ll explain all [...]
He is part Cherokee, his albums have produced fourteen Top 40 singles and to date he has topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles Charts three times. Although perhaps not as well known here in Britain Joe Nichols has proved himself as a force to be reckoned with in the States. Entering the country music scene [...]
Are you a ‘Country Clouseau’ …if so, you may be able to help with a country query relating to Roy Drusky and Jean Shepard on today’s show. If you remember when the North East was steeped in country shows with country presenters Peter John Bergg, Stan Laundon and myself then you’ve got to take a [...]
There’s a bit of a special on today’s show, because after a modicum of pressure you’re going to hear yours truly sing a song. Since the announcement of Billie Jo Spears appearing here in Britain as part of the ‘Ladies Of Country Tour’ many listeners remembered that in the eighties I had recorded a song [...]
Our ‘Remember This’ feature this week takes us back to memories of the North East of England at the request of a ‘Texas limey’ listener. One of our regular listeners picks the Coulda Been Country track which features a team member who was born and raised in Harrogate. The Album Of The Week comes from [...]