The North East Magazine
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 [...]
When it comes to modern country music from British artists you can do no better than join me for today’s show when I’ll be playing the British version of Lady Antebellum and The Band Perry when I feature a Scottish threesome called Ashton Lane in our Made In Britain slot. Our Album Of The Week [...]
There’s a mixed bag of country music goodies on todays show and a reminder as to how you can win tickets to see Suzy Bogguss in concert when she plays the North East. I’ll be introducing a new British artist to you in the Made In Britain spot in the shape of Thorne Hill and [...]
There’s a bit of a special on today’s show, because after a modicum of pressure you’re going to hear yours truly sing a song. Since the announcement of Billie Jo Spears appearing here in Britain as part of the ‘Ladies Of Country Tour’ many listeners remembered that in the eighties I had recorded a song [...]
On todays show I’ll be telling you of a big surprise that came my way during the week. I’ll be featuring three tracks from a great new album from Mary Chapin Carpenter in our Album Of The week slot. As usual I’ll be taking a look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot [...]
Firstly a reminder that this week is your last chance to enter our birthday competition and win seven albums containing 162 tracks. All you have to do is complete the titles of three well known Dolly Parton songs. In our ‘On This Day’ feature you can find out why 27th March 1970 was important to Ringo [...]
JERRY REED DID it Dolly Parton did it, Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash did it. Kevin Costner did it the opposite way. All of the former country stars carved a way through their music into film acting roles, however director, producer and actor Kevin Costner has moved into his latest venture of releasing [...]
WHEN IT COMES to appreciation of guitar players names like Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Jimmy Hendrix and a whole lot more besides rush through your mind. When it comes to guitar players from the country music circuit apart from the already mentioned Chet Atkins, there’s Jerry Reed, Scotty Moore, James Burton and British [...]