The North East Magazine
From the inception of The Sage Gateshead, the country fan has been treated to a plethora of stars from the country music world. Names like Glen Campbell, Marty Stuart, Don Williams, Lyle Lovett, Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss, Matraca Berg, Rosanne Cash, Raul Malo, Nanci Griffiths and a whole host more which also includes another country [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of our country birthday boys on todays show celebrated his seventy fourth birthday this week is still touring and is one of country’s greatest crossover artists. Our Album Of The Week comes from a new artist called Teea Goans who presents her second album…and it’s a belter. The Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts is [...]
There’s an across the board mix of old and new on today’s show when I’ll be introducing you to a few artists that perhaps you haven’t heard of before. Our Album Of The Week features eleven artists who collectively are studio musicians in their own right but come together to jam and share a few [...]
There’s plenty for everyone on today’s show with an across the board mix of stylings. Our Take You Back Number One takes us back to 1989 from one of the best selling duo’s in country music history. Album Of The Week comes from Jack Ingram and I’ll be taking the usual look at the Billboard [...]
For the traditional country music fan 2006 was a sad year when the ‘gentle giant’ of country music Don Williams announced that he was retiring. A ‘Farewell Tour of the World’ followed with Don playing numerous dates in Europe and in the United States. It culminated with a ‘Final Farewell Concert’ in Memphis Tennessee at [...]
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 [...]