The North East Magazine
For many years The Statler Brothers recorded on the MCA record label so it’s no surprise that the Definitive Collection offers all their recordings in one complete package. However, when it comes to names or how artists got them, country music reigns supreme with The Statlers being contributors. Harold Jenkins became Conway Twitty named after [...]
Over the years it seems the female country artist fraternity have taken on names of affection relating to their status. Tammy Wynette was known as ‘The First Lady Of Country Music’, Loretta Lynn as the ‘Coalminers Daughter’, Dolly Parton as ‘The Queen Of Country Music, and the list goes on. What may have escaped your [...]
There’s a great across the board mix of old and new country on today’s show. Our ‘Remember This’ feature is suggested by a listener who came across an old cassette tape containing music from artists who had appeared at one of the Wembley Festivals of Country Music. The ‘Coulda Been Country’ tracks takes us back [...]
By the time she clocked up her last major hit which reached a number nine placing in the Billboard Country Charts in 1982 she could count up fifty two Top Ten hits and sixteen Number Ones. This year the ‘Coalminers Daughter’ Loretta Lynn celebrates her fiftieth year for making music. Like many country stars her [...]
The shows seems to get busier every week with so much good music around. This week is no exception to the rule as it’s filled with all the usual goodies including information relating to where you can go and see Taylor Swift, Sarah McClurg, Gene Watson, Suzy Bogguss, Matraca Berg, and Gretchen Peters on their [...]
There’s a slightly new look to the show as from today with some new features. We’ll still be taking a look at the movers and shakers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart but each week you’ll now be able to hear the Top Three Stateside singles in our Stateside Country Countdown. Our Album of [...]
On this weeks show I’ll be taking a look at some of the successes in the recent Country Music Association Awards held in Nashville last week. There’s also a reminder as to how you can win the latest highly acclaimed album from Kenny Chesney and a four track CD from ex frontman with the Mavericks [...]
At the beginning of the eighties I was introduced to the music of Moe Bandy an ex rodeo clown who through his down home traditional sounds was gaining great chart success both with single and album releases. One of his singing buddies during this time was fellow artist Joe Stampley ,teaming together they recorded a [...]