The North East Magazine
A Happy and prosperous New Year to You from the American Connection Country Radio Show. The first show into the New Year not only brings you greeting but a few new features aswell. To keep you well and truly up to date with musical trends in Nashville each week I’ll be playing the Top Five [...]
On today’s show there’s a cornucopia of great Christmas songs sung by country stars. I’ll also be treating you to some weird and wonderful facts and traditions that perhaps you didn’t know about, relating to the Christmas festivities. There’s also a look at some of the Number One country songs that topped the charts at [...]
Our Take You Back Track Number One takes us back to October 1970 when the song in question was delivered to the artist by helicopter. The Album Of The Week features the latest offering from Easton Corbin who already has his first single from it in the Billboard Hot Singles Chart. I’ll also be taking [...]
When it comes to ‘keeping it in the family’ country music has always had its tradition. A prime example in modern country music circles can be seen with an award winning trio that should have visited us here in Britain in July. Because of various complex schedule changes The Band Perry had to cancel those [...]
There’s a touch of ‘musical magic’ on today’s show as I introduce you to Heather McCready who takes up our Album Of The Week slot. It’s impressed me so much that I’ll be playing four tracks instead of the normal three, and you have the chance of winning a copy of it. I’ll be taking [...]
Not only are there pop songs like Springsteens ‘Born In The USA’ that become anthems, but country music also has its offerings. Charley Prides ‘Crystal Chandeliers’ scores fairly high as does “Friends In Low Places’ by Garth Brooks, there are of course too many more to list in a column like this. Having just had [...]
As usual it’s a fairly packed show again today. Our ‘Remember This’ feature brings memories back to listeners who went on a bus trip to see their favourite artist and our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track takes us back to a pop hit from 1973. Our ‘Album Of The Week’ is in the shape of a [...]
On this weeks show it’s a break from the normal as I’ll be playing some great Christmas songs from country artists. It’s a special time of year and it gives me chance to dust off a few CD’s and play some great Christmas flavoured songs that hopefully will put you in the mood where you [...]