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 few new names on today’s show as I’ll be introducing you to artists who perhaps haven’t heard of before. I’ll be taking a look at the chart movers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and playing the top three best selling singles today. Our Album Of The Week is a classic from [...]
Firstly a Happy St Patricks Day to all of our listeners especially those in Ireland, I’ve got a special song for you on todays show. Our Album of the Week features a brand new release from ex frontman with the Mavericks, Raul Malo who recorded it ‘live’ in front of an audience at THe Sage, [...]
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 [...]
On this weeks American Connection I shall be telling you of a new feature that I shall be introducing into the programme next week, that I need your help with. A listener from Portsmouth chooses our ‘Remember This’ track and our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track is picked by a listener in Maidstone, Kent. There’s [...]
I’ve often related to the fact that in country music there’s many cases of following in family footsteps. Instant examples that spring to mind are Rosanne Cash and father Johnny, Pam Tillis and father Mel, Dean Miller and father Roger, Shooter Jennings and father Waylon, the list is practically endless, however more recently country music [...]
There’s almost eighty minutes of great music coming your way today with something to suit everyones taste. Our ‘On This Day’ feature takes us back to a number one from 13th March 1976 from an artist I consider to be ‘the voice’ of country (although you may personally disagree). There’s our rolling competition where to [...]