The North East Magazine
On this week’s American Connection Music Show I can promise an eclectic mix of across the board music to suit all tastes. Our “Album Of The Week’ comes from Terri Clark who offers an album called ‘Classic’ in which she pays tribute to many of her musical influences over the years and duets with some [...]
Kenny Chesney has just released his thirteenth studio album and relates that it is his most emotional record he has ever recorded. Entitled ‘Welcome To The Fishbowl’, he relates “I’d been through a lot emotionally since the release of ‘Hemingway’s Whisky’ came out and I think that has been reflected in this record”. “My main [...]
When it comes to sucessfull careers Tim McGraw must be a contender for leading the field of country artists. Not only clocking up multiple Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards, People’s Choice Awards and major film roles he has just completed his eleventh studio album to great acclaim. Released this week in Britain on the [...]
Three times Emmy award winning American singer/songwriter is on blistering form on this new CD. Called the best American songwriter by Time magazine in 2002 this album presents ample evidence to support that assertion. Daughter of poet Miller Williams who read at President Clinton’s inauguration she writes poignant lyrics of love, sadness, loss and hope. [...]
A couple of year ago when I was presenting a country show on a North East radio station I decided to take a look back over all of the CD’s released and give personal awards for the best of the year. The best female album of the year was awarded to Canadian artist Michelle Wright and [...]
Mention the name ‘Possum’ to any country music fan and they will immediately know to whom you refer. Affectionately or perhaps non affectionately depending on where you stand with the nickname it was the shape of his nose and his facial features that gave him the tag. Other tags have included ‘Thumper Jones’, ‘No Show [...]