The North East Magazine
Kasey Musgraves debut album ‘Same Trailer, Different Park’ was released on the Mercury label here in England last week. She may be a brand new name to many country appreciators albeit that she is already making a name for herself in country music circles. When Lady Antebellum played England last year you will have been [...]
On today’s American Connection Radio Show there’s a song that’s been recorded by Susan Boyle. As strange as that may sound, country music had it first in 1963 and it’s also been recorded by a wealth of artists including The Carpenters, Johnny Mathis, Eddie Arnold, Nanci Sinatra and Twiggy. Our Album Of The Week features [...]
On today’s American Connection Country Music Radio Show I’ll be making the free draw for all of you who have clicked the ‘like’ button on the American Connection Facebook page. It could be you who wins the debut album of Adrianna Freeman if you’re the lucky listener to be drawn out. Our Album of The [...]
As we head into the New Year I thought I’d just mention a few really great albums that could adorn your CD collection that were released during the year as I take a country lookback over 2012. It was also the year of introducing quite a few newcomers to the world of country music that [...]
If you’re an avid watcher of the TV series ‘King Of The Hill’ the you may not know that the voice of ‘Elvin’ is provided by a chart topping country artist, or for that matter that the voice behind the KFC fast food restaurant chain also features the same. That same voice has also been [...]
What do you get is you combine a British songwriter, a retired record producer and three girls whose ages add up to forty five…..Jetset Getset. At the moment this may not make a great lot of sense, however if I tell you that record producer Jack Gale came out of retirement to reform his Playback [...]
In 1966 the Lovin’ Spoonfull brought us a great chart entry with a song called ‘Nashville Cats’. One of the lines in the song related ‘There are Thirteen Hundred and Fifty Two Pickers in Nashville’…. years on of course there are many more all wanting a step on the fame ladder. Many never make it [...]
It could seem that after the results of Britain’s Got Talent final where Ashley and doggie partner Pudsey took top honours that British audiences prefer dogs rather than singers to win. Not so however in the States where their talent shows produce more vocal winners than anything else. One such winner from their 2005 American [...]