The North East Magazine
Create a new individual unique sound in any genre of music and it has to bring success….just ask The Mavericks. With a flourish of Tex Mex and country fused together complimented with a horn section they came on the musical scene as a band in 1989 and between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio [...]
There’s a touch of ‘musical magic’ on today’s show as I introduce you to Heather McCready who takes up our Album Of The Week slot. It’s impressed me so much that I’ll be playing four tracks instead of the normal three, and you have the chance of winning a copy of it. I’ll be taking [...]
I’ve always reckoned that country music crosses the boundaries of all other musical genres. I’ve also always been amazed at folk who relate to the fact that they do not like ‘country’ music, and yet when artists associated with country appear at North East venues they are packed to capacity. We could be a league [...]
First a Happy Eastertime to you all and welcome to a touch of holiday country music. On this Easter weekend we launch an archived interview special with Tammy Wynette and I’ll be telling you how you can gain access to an interview I did with her twenty eight year ago on Easter Sunday. You can [...]
JERRY REED DID it Dolly Parton did it, Glen Campbell, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash did it. Kevin Costner did it the opposite way. All of the former country stars carved a way through their music into film acting roles, however director, producer and actor Kevin Costner has moved into his latest venture of releasing [...]