The North East Magazine
‘When Our Grandfathers Said No’ from The Young’uns is their first release on Navigation Records. The Young’uns are a three-piece male band comprised of David Eagle,Sean Cooney and Michael Hughes all coming from the Teeside region of North East England. They sing a range of songs and styles that mix folk, sea shanties, traditional and [...]
On todays American Connection Country Radio show you can sit back and relax as I take a look back over 2012 and play what I consider to be some of the best releases. There’ll be a mix of artists old and new including some never heard of before 2012 with a generous helping of light [...]
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 [...]
You may not have realised it but last Friday (September 21st) was officially ‘Hank Williams Day’. It was declared as such by the Governor of Alabama and the first celebration of the ‘father’ of country music was in 1954. On September 17th just past, Hank Williams would have celebrated his eighty ninth birthday. Although he [...]
If you like the sounds of a group or band rather than solo performers there’s a real treat in store on today’s show as our Album Of The Week comes from Little Big Town. I’ll be introducing you to new artists like Amber Hayes, Florida Georgia Line, High Valley and Casey James and I’ll be [...]
Newcastle Upon Tyne Music Theatre Company present their version of Annie -The Musical at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal from August 28th through to September 1st and this is the blockbuster show to catch when it opens. This warm-hearted musical was first produced on Broadway in 1977 and was later made into a great John Huston movie [...]
There’s an across the board mix of old and new on today’s show when I’ll be introducing you to a few artists that perhaps you haven’t heard of before. Our Album Of The Week features eleven artists who collectively are studio musicians in their own right but come together to jam and share a few [...]
Here’s hoping you’re about to have a Happy Jubilation Country weekend. If the music on today’s show is anything to go by, all you need is around ninety minutes to take time out and take in some great music. Our Album Of The Week feature a young lady making her debut in country music circles, [...]