The North East Magazine
Alan Jackson – Precious Memories Volume 2 is his latest release on the EMI/Humphead record label. Ironically the song does have a precious memory for me as the first time I heard it was many moons ago sung by Jim Reeves, it was a track featured on a favourite album of my mothers entitled ‘God [...]
On today’s American Connection Music Show the ‘Remember This’ slot features a lady who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Her first ever composition was entitled ‘My Dog Sergeant Is A Good Dog’………… Our Album Of The Week takes the shape of a new release called Nashville [...]
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 [...]
There’s an exclusive on todays American Connection when I’ll be playing tracks from an album that is not officially released until January next year. Singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters releases her new album ‘Hello Cruel World’ in two months time however you can here three tracks from it on todays show as it takes up our ‘Album [...]
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 [...]
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 this weeks show I’ll be announcing the winner from our May competition. It could be you that receives the Jim Reeves Double CD album along with the complete movie soundtrack to the Crazy Heart film. There’s news as to how you can win tickets to go and see Rosanne Cash when she plays her [...]
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 [...]