I’ll be giving you a small taste of Christmas country music on today’s American Connection with a track from an album that you can win by ‘liking’ the American Connection Facebook page before next week’s show. Add to that other two non Christmas albums and it could make you a nice stocking filler. Our Take [...]
Toby Keith – Hope On The Rocks (Deluxe Edition)
Toby Keith’s Deluxe Edition new release entitled Hope On The Rocks is his sixteenth album offering to date. In 2005 he debuted in his first film role in the movie ‘Broken Bridges’ in which he played the part of a washed up country musician. The truth cannot be farther away from reality when you take [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
On this weeks American Connection there’s news of a return visit of the legendary John Prine and a reminder that Tift Merritt is in our area during the course of the week. Musically there’s a look at what seems to be the never changing face of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and I’ll be [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
There’s around ninety minutes of great country music coming your way on today’s American Connection. There’s classic songs from Kenny Rogers, Don Williams and Billie Jo Spears and I’ll be playing a track from a Canadian artist who celebrates his seventy fourth birthday today in our Country Birthdays slot. I’ll be taking the usual look [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
As usual it’s a busy, busy American Connection Show today and there’s a bit of an exclusive. That exclusive comes in the shape of our Album Of The Week, because as far as I’m aware the tracks from the album have not been played here in the UK before. I’ll be taking the usual look [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
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 [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
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 [...]
Easton Corbin – All Over The Road
He’ll not be a new name to the country fans but for the uninitiated Easton Corbin is doing big business in country music circles. He made history in 2010 with his self titled debut album by becoming the first solo male artist in seventeen years to have his first two single releases reach the Number [...]