The North East Magazine
We’ve all been there…you put on a CD and a song stops you in your tracks. As a radio presenter/columnist I feel very privileged to be able to get to listen to pre-releases and many come from the States as compilation releases. Scanning through the one of the most recent I heard a song that [...]
The International Festival of Country Music introduced country music to the British public almost 45 years ago. The shows, promoted by the legendary Mervyn Conn, ran for 23 years from 1969 to 1991 at Wembley Arena. Hugely popular, the shows always featured the biggest stars of Country music fans were treated to outstanding performances by [...]
On this week’s show our Album Of The Week comes from the man who visits the Sage Gateshead next January, that’s Marty Stuart. There’s a reminder as to how you can win the latest highly acclaimed album from Kenny Chesney entitled ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey along with a brand new four track release from ex frontman with [...]
When it comes to combining talent and beauty there’s one artist who stands out from the crowd. She received the Academy of Country Music’s Award for the best new female artist in 1995, and six years later was featured in People magazine’s “Fifty Most Beautiful People”, and FHM’s ‘Twenty Hottest Women in Music’. The following [...]
European Tour Dates In Support Of Global Chart-Topping Album I Look To You On the heels of her critically acclaimed, internationally chart-topping album I Look To You, Whitney Houston recently announced the first leg of an eagerly anticipated European tour, her first major tour in more than 11 years. On Thursday 22nd April she plays [...]
Looking Back Over The Country On this the first of the new shows into a brand New Year I’ll be taking a look back over the world of country music in 2009. As it’s a purely personal choice, it will feature what I consider to be the Best Male Artist Album…the Best Female Artist Album…the [...]
It was almost twenty years ago when on a fact finding radio tour of Nashville I was given the opportunity to interview a new female artist who I was told was destined for big things. They say first impressions count ,and as myself and another radio colleague were shown into the office we were politely [...]