The North East Magazine
Nashville -The Music Of Nashville Original soundtrack is a new CD release to accompany the TV series which on our More 4 TV screens in Britain last Thursday night. Having taken a look last week it portrays the careers of old and new female country stars as they battle against each other for chart success,as [...]
On today’s show there’s a cornucopia of great Christmas songs sung by country stars. I’ll also be treating you to some weird and wonderful facts and traditions that perhaps you didn’t know about, relating to the Christmas festivities. There’s also a look at some of the Number One country songs that topped the charts at [...]
If you’ve ‘liked’ the American Connection Facebook page then it could be you who wins a couple of great country albums on today’s show when I make the free draw from all the ‘likes’. There’s a few dedications and requests and I’ll be introducing you new artists like One Night Rodeo, and Chelsea Basham. Our [...]
She may be a new name to you but she has been on the country scene Stateside since 2006. Teea Goans was singing in church at the age of three, was spotted at a talent contest at the age of eight by the Truman Lake Opry and a year later become a fully fledged member. [...]
There’s a wealth of great country music on todays show and a reminder as to how you can win a couple of albums by becoming a member of our American Connection Facebook page. Our Album of the Week features the musical diversity of Lyle Lovett with his latest release entitled ‘Release Me’. There’s the usual [...]
Over my thirty plus years of broadcasting I’ve had the pleasure and privilege in may cases of talking and meeting some of the greats from the world of music. Many of the interviews are made available through press contacts, publicists, managers and one of the most important when artists are playing venues up and down [...]
It’s that time of year again when I get the chance to dust off the Christmas Country CD’s. If you haven’t got into the Christmas Spirit of things yet because you’ve been rushing around trying to get everything sorted for tomorrow…then I’ve got the complete antidote to make your Christmas better. There’s a brilliant selection [...]
After much speculation over the last few months the International Festival of Country Music is back after an absence of twenty years. The shows which featured artists from Hank Snow, to Merle Haggard, George Jones and Tammy Wynette attracted a pilgrimage of country fans over each Easter weekend and was affectionately known as ‘Wembley’ by [...]