Country sounds

The American Connection Country Music ShowOn today’s show there’s a mixed bag of country goodies.

I’ll be introducing you to a new outfit called Train and I’ll be playing a track from someone you know but perhaps haven’t heard of for a while, I’ll even challenge you to try and identify him before his song finishes…as a clue you’ll have to think ‘sixties’ and ‘pop’ artist.

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The Voice returns

Suzy Bogguss country music artistHow many times have you heard the words ‘the voice’.

It’s a description that is used in many connotations ,as in ‘the voice of America’,’the village voice’,’the voice of the people’ and of course the ‘voice of country music’.

Some say ‘the voice of country music’ is and always has been George Jones, and although many have been given the accolade

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Gretchen Peters in Concert

791856351 kJeLa S Gretchen Peters in ConcertTo the uninitiated the name of Gretchen Peters may not mean a lot.

To those however with a musical ear and a realization of great talent then it means a great deal.

Such is her talent that she is revered around the world by many of her peers.

As a singer songwriter she has provided many artists with

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Looking back over the country

As we head into another New Year I thought it was probably appropriate to take a general look back over the last twelve month relating to the country music world.

There were some great releases from some stompin’ new artists and memorable offerings from some well established names.

Album Of The Year 2009

Album Of The Year 2009

Prolific releases

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Country Christmas CD's for your Christmas Stocking

At this time of year I normally like to inject a Christmas country feel to the festive proceedings and with that in mind you’ve probably got around twenty four hours to add a christmas country musical flavouring to your last minute shopping list.

Individually there’s a great release still on offer from a few year back from Lonestar (remember them with their crossover hit ‘Amazed’) it’s called ‘This Christmas Time’ and they stroll through a mix

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Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East England

In the world of country music there’s singer/songwriters, and then there’s Gretchen Peters.

529030707 GiPdL S Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East EnglandShe is one of those enigmatic artists who takes her art to the pinnacle and further and is admired by many of her peers.

As a writer there are not many who can claim to to

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 5 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview Part 5 of 5Sadly, we come to the final part of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoyed their words and music as much

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 4 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview Part 4 of 5Today we carry on with part four of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoy their words and music as much

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 3 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview Part 3 of 5Today we continue with part three of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoy their words and music as much as

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 2 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview Part 2 of 5Today we hear part two of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoy their words and music as much as I

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