The North East Magazine
On today’s American Connection Music Show the ‘Remember This’ slot features a lady who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Her first ever composition was entitled ‘My Dog Sergeant Is A Good Dog’………… Our Album Of The Week takes the shape of a new release called Nashville [...]
On Thursday gone, Nashville celebrated its 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards Show, with the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood Oscars. On today’s American Connection show I’ll be taking a look at who won what and playing tracks from the winners in a special section of the show. There’s also the usual features like [...]
If you’ve ‘liked’ the American Connection Facebook page then it could be you who wins a couple of great country albums on today’s show when I make the free draw from all the ‘likes’. There’s a few dedications and requests and I’ll be introducing you new artists like One Night Rodeo, and Chelsea Basham. Our [...]
If you like to pop out and see ‘live’ country shows there’s a fairly healthy ‘What’s On Diary’ on the programme today. There’s also some new names for you to enjoy on today’s show including Winfields Locket, Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain, Marty Raybon and the Sunny Cowgirls. I’ll be taking a look at the [...]
There’s a plethora of great country songs on today’s show from Exile through to the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Our Album of the Week comes from the multi award winning Tim McGraw and it’s an eclectic mix of modern contemporary country sounds. Made in Britain features Zoe and Kenny better known in British country circles as [...]
On this weeks show I’ll be announcing a winner from our recent competition to see Billie Jo Spears when she plays the Sage Gateshead as part of the ‘Ladies of Country’ tour. There’s also a winner from our monthly American Connection Facebook page who wins a double CD featuring Darrell Scott. As usual I’ll be [...]
There’s a full update on todays show relating to American country artists visiting Britain in the next few month. Our ‘Remember This’ track brings wedding memories back to a listener from Swindon and the ‘Coulda Been Country’ track suggested by a listener from Durham takes us back to the summer of 1976. Our Album of [...]
The shows seems to get busier every week with so much good music around. This week is no exception to the rule as it’s filled with all the usual goodies including information relating to where you can go and see Taylor Swift, Sarah McClurg, Gene Watson, Suzy Bogguss, Matraca Berg, and Gretchen Peters on their [...]