Gretchen Peters in Concert

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791856351 kJeLa S Gretchen Peters in ConcertTo the uninitiated the name of Gretchen Peters may not mean a lot.

To those however with a musical ear and a realization of great talent then it means a great deal.

Such is her talent that she is revered around the world by many of

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Countrywide Music

653615206 J2Yxv S Countrywide MusicThere’s quite a few mentions on todays show if you’ve dropped me a line, and there’s news of two of the best female singer/songwriters coming to the North East in May and June.

Our ‘On This Day’ feature lets you know what Elvis did after becoming ill on stage in 1973 and which band rocked the music world by deciding to split up on this day in 1996, I’ll also

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Looking back over the country

As we head into another New Year I thought it was probably appropriate to take a general look back over the last twelve month relating to the country music world.

There were some great releases from some stompin’ new artists and memorable offerings from some well established names.

Album Of The Year 2009

Album Of The Year 2009

Prolific releases on the Humphead record label gave us new names like

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Country Christmas CD's for your Christmas Stocking

At this time of year I normally like to inject a Christmas country feel to the festive proceedings and with that in mind you’ve probably got around twenty four hours to add a christmas country musical flavouring to your last minute shopping list.

Individually there’s a great release still on offer from a few year back from Lonestar (remember them with their crossover hit ‘Amazed’) it’s called ‘This Christmas Time’ and they stroll through a mix of classics and new offerings in great harmony

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The American Connection9

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On this weeks show apart from the usual features  I’ll be letting you know who won what in the 43rd Country Music Associations Awards show held in Nashville on Wednesday night.

There’s also a look back to the 14th November 1974 in our ‘On This Day’ feature and there’ll be a track from the Martina McBride album that you can win  if you can ‘Beat The Bugle’ in

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The American Connection 6 Preview

On this weeks show there’s still a chance to win the double CD of 36 of Jim Reeves unreleased songs and a single CD of Toby Keith’s Stateside hit ‘American Ride’ if you can ‘Beat The Bugle’.

There’s the usual look at The Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and Brian will be playing the number one song, he’ll also take you back to October 24th 1980 in the ‘On This Day’ feature

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Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East England

In the world of country music there’s singer/songwriters, and then there’s Gretchen Peters.

529030707 GiPdL S Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East EnglandShe is one of those enigmatic artists who takes her art to the pinnacle and further and is admired by many of her peers.

As a writer there are not many who can claim to to have written songs for such a wide ranging plethora

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 5 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview   Part 5 of 5Sadly, we come to the final part of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoyed their words and music as much as I did over

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 4 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview   Part 4 of 5Today we carry on with part four of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoy their words and music as much as I did.

We’ve split

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 3 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview   Part 3 of 5Today we continue with part three of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoy their words and music as much as I did.

We’ve split the

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