Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale

Buddy and Jim CD

Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale – A New Year often brings with it new feelings and new emotions and to that end I thought I’d start the year with a review of an album that could not conjure up those thoughts any better than Buddy and Jim. The dictionary definition of the word ‘eclectic’ defines.. ‘made up of what is selected from different source’ [...]

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Time and The Conways

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Written by J.B. Priestley, ‘Time and the Conways’ plays at the People’s Theatre from tomorrow evening (Oct 30th) through until Saturday November 3rd. Priestley was one of England’s finest writers scoring great success in the Forties and Fifties with his novels, travel writing and plays. Somewhat old fashioned in image as a professional man of [...]

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Do Not Disturb (DVD)

“One Language Separated by Two Cultures”. Fifties movie star darling Doris Day was and remains a multi media legend long before our present day instant “celebrities” that pop up overnight and “like snow on a ditch in may” just as quickly disappear. A top selling recording artist and toast of Broadway, Hollywood called and Doris [...]

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The American Connection

There’s a plentyful mix of great easy listening music on todays show. There’s also news of an additional artist added to Brad Paisley’s visit and information relating to the Summertyne Americana Festival at The Sage Gateshead. Our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track takes us back to the late fifties and our ‘Remember This’ track brings memories [...]

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Essentially Country

If you’ve joined  our American Connection Facebook page then it could be you who wins our free draw prize on todays show. There’s the usual look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and I’ll be playing the best three selling singles in our Country Countdown. If you’re wanting a [...]

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The Secret Sisters

Listen and you’ll hear a secret..more than one in fact …two. With modern technology being so advanced in being able to alter pitch, tone, and vocal range in voices on many modern recordings it is more than gratifying to hear an album recorded the way it would have been in the early fifties. I’ve just [...]

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Shadow Squad

Shadow Squad was an early TV detective series from the late fifties. It centres around a retired London detective who leaves the force to catch criminals in private practice unhindered by the red tape which holds back the police! This has been a routine plotline for TV detective stories ever since. One story is told [...]

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