The North East Magazine
Love and Theft debut album release becomes available here next month on February 11th on the RCA Nashville record label. This new country duo comprising of Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson have already been nominated for Country Music Association, Country Music Television and Academy of Country Music Awards in the USA. The pair did [...]
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 [...]
A Very Merry and Happy Christmas to you. As it’s such a very special day today there’s a very special programme coming your way. For a full ninety minutes I’ll be playing some really great Christmassy sounding tracks from some of your favourite artists. There’s a few quirky Christmas facts thrown in and there’s lots [...]
On today’s show I’ll be announcing a new competition where you can win the latest highly acclaimed album from Kenny Chesney called ‘Hemingway’s Whiskey’ and the new EP release from ex frontman with the Mavericks Raul Malo. I’ll be taking a look at the risers and fallers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and [...]
When it comes to longevity you really have to hand the accolades to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Originally founded in 1966 they have existed in various forms over the years and had more than a dozen or so changes in personnel over the years. In that time, names like John McEuen, Jackson Browne, and [...]
On todays show there’s special treat in our Album of the Week as instead of the usual three tracks I’ll be playing four…it’s the latest from The Dixie Chicks. Our On This Day feature looks back to October the ninth over the last few decades and I’ll be giving mentions to stitching, what the BBC [...]