The North East Magazine
A Happy and prosperous New Year to You from the American Connection Country Radio Show. The first show into the New Year not only brings you greeting but a few new features aswell. To keep you well and truly up to date with musical trends in Nashville each week I’ll be playing the Top Five [...]
On todays American Connection Country Radio show you can sit back and relax as I take a look back over 2012 and play what I consider to be some of the best releases. There’ll be a mix of artists old and new including some never heard of before 2012 with a generous helping of light [...]
As we head into the New Year I thought I’d just mention a few really great albums that could adorn your CD collection that were released during the year as I take a country lookback over 2012. It was also the year of introducing quite a few newcomers to the world of country music that [...]
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 [...]
I’ll be giving you a small taste of Christmas country music on today’s American Connection with a track from an album that you can win by ‘liking’ the American Connection Facebook page before next week’s show. Add to that other two non Christmas albums and it could make you a nice stocking filler. Our Take [...]
You may not have realised it but last Friday (September 21st) was officially ‘Hank Williams Day’. It was declared as such by the Governor of Alabama and the first celebration of the ‘father’ of country music was in 1954. On September 17th just past, Hank Williams would have celebrated his eighty ninth birthday. Although he [...]
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 [...]
To the uninitiated the name Merle Haggard may not mean a great deal, however the the country music appreciator Haggard of ‘The Hag’ as he is affectionately known ranks as one of the greatest country artists in its musical history. Many devotees of country relate that ‘the voice’ of country has to be George Jones [...]