This CD is a re-release of well received Lost Highway debut album from singer songwriter Ryan Bingham. The man with T Bone Burnett who created the soundtrack for Oscar winning Jeff Bridges’ movie “Crazy Heart”, he co-wrote the award winning song “The Weary Kind”. On the back of that Bingham was named by the “Americana [...]
A taste of the country
On this weeks show I’ll be announcing the winner from our May competition. It could be you that receives the Jim Reeves Double CD album along with the complete movie soundtrack to the Crazy Heart film. There’s news as to how you can win tickets to go and see Rosanne Cash when she plays her [...]
Serving the country
On todays show I’ll be telling you of a big surprise that came my way during the week. I’ll be featuring three tracks from a great new album from Mary Chapin Carpenter in our Album Of The week slot. As usual I’ll be taking a look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot [...]
Countrywide
On today’s show there’s a warm invite to join our American Connection Facebook by just clicking on the panel on the right of this column. There’s quite a few name checks and there’s a reminder as to how you can win fifty eight country tracks by just sending me an e-mail. If you do you [...]
Around the country
On this weeks show I’ll be announcing the winners of our April competition. Two lucky listeners will win a pair of tickets to see either Gretchen Peters or Suzy Bogguss when they appear at the Sage Gateshead. I’ll also be telling you how you can win a Jim Reeves double CD album and the CD [...]
Countrywide
As we’re now into a new month we have a great new competition on the American Connection. There’s no ‘Beat The Bugle’ to rack your brains it’s a straightforward question about Elvis Presley, as one of the prizes is a new release containing lots of the ‘Kings’ hits along with a great album of hits [...]
Crazy Heart Movie Soundtrack
Over the years many large screen movies have carried country music as part of their soundtrack, some without the viewer even knowing it was there. During the seventies some of the best samples were the ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ series ‘Urban Cowboy’ and ‘WW and the Dixie DanceKings’. Biographical epics like ‘Coalminers Daughter’ (the Loretta [...]