The North East Magazine
On this weeks American Connection Music Show I’ll be playing one of the most bizarre recordings that could be defined as “Folsom Prison Blues meets The Sound Of Music”. Our Album of the Week comes from two highly respected country icons in their own right who join forces to make a duo album together, that’s [...]
Our Take You Back Track Number One takes us back to October 1970 when the song in question was delivered to the artist by helicopter. The Album Of The Week features the latest offering from Easton Corbin who already has his first single from it in the Billboard Hot Singles Chart. I’ll also be taking [...]
The International Festival of Country Music introduced country music to the British public almost 45 years ago. The shows, promoted by the legendary Mervyn Conn, ran for 23 years from 1969 to 1991 at Wembley Arena. Hugely popular, the shows always featured the biggest stars of Country music fans were treated to outstanding performances by [...]
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 [...]
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 it’s a break from the normal as I’ll be playing some great Christmas songs from country artists. It’s a special time of year and it gives me chance to dust off a few CD’s and play some great Christmas flavoured songs that hopefully will put you in the mood where you [...]
On this weeks show in our On This Day feature I’ll be talking about Elvis Presley, weddings,divorces,dancing chickens and Charles Newbold (Who?) There’s the usual look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and I’ll be playing the Number One in the charts this very day. Our Album of the Week is a brand new [...]
On todays show there’s a great helping of Canadian artists coming your way. There’s our usual look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and our Album of the Week features the man who brought the traditional sound of country music back to the modern world…that’s Alan Jackson. There could be a touch of humour [...]