Eric Church – Sinners Like Me

Eric Church

Eric Churchs’ ‘Sinners Like Me’ is his first official European release albeit that it was initially launched Stateside in 2006. It established him as one of the most acclaimed songwriters in country music in the USA at the time. Four singles were released from the album which gave him three Top Twenty chart successes with [...]

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American Connection Country Radio Show

2012

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 [...]

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Tracy Byrd – The Definitive Collection

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Many may think when his name is mentioned ,that you are talking of a female country artist. That is where it ends however as Tracy Byrd is one of the great school of modern traditional male country artists. Tracy Lynn Byrd is the son of Jerry Lynn and Brenda Vaughan Byrd who was born in [...]

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The American Connection Country Music Radio Show

When it comes to Albums Of The Week, I’ve got an absolute belter for you on this weeks American Connection show. It’s so good I could have played all twelve tracks, but because of time I may only get the chance to play four….it’s from Hank Williams Jnr. There are five country artists celebrating birthdays [...]

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Hank Williams Jnr. Old School – New Rules

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 [...]

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Petunia and The Vipers

I came to this album with no knowledge of whom the artists are and what type of music it is that they play. Nothing on the cover betrayed the delights that lay within! It was with some surprise therefore to report that it is an album of compelling and blessed happy mixture of rockabilly, jazz [...]

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Merle Haggard – Working In Tennessee

When it comes to male country music legends there are always certain names that come to the fore in discussions. Naturally Hank Williams, always seems to top the list followed by Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, George Jones,Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard. The last two names may not mean much to the uninitiated ,but to the [...]

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