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 [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
If you like the sounds of a group or band rather than solo performers there’s a real treat in store on today’s show as our Album Of The Week comes from Little Big Town. I’ll be introducing you to new artists like Amber Hayes, Florida Georgia Line, High Valley and Casey James and I’ll be [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s plenty for everyone on today’s show with an across the board mix of stylings. Our Take You Back Number One takes us back to 1989 from one of the best selling duo’s in country music history. Album Of The Week comes from Jack Ingram and I’ll be taking the usual look at the Billboard [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
On todays show I’m giving away tickets to see Suzy Bogguss ‘live’ in the North East and if you’re an American Connection Facebook Page listener it could be you that wins a couple of albums ,one from Lyle Lovett the other from Kenny Chesney. Our Album Of The Week comes from an artist who was [...]
Nanci Griffith at The Sage Gateshead
Many years ago in the halycon days of the Peterborough Country Music Festival I had the pleasure of seeing a fairly new artist at the time called Nanci Griffith. Nanci was new to hard core British country music audiences and it was not perhaps until the release of her album ‘Lone Star State of Mind’ [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s the usual package of great country goodies on today’s show with an across the board mix of country artists. Our ‘Album Of The Week’ comes from the Celine Dion of country music in the shape of Martina Mcbride with a new twenty track release which includes many of her top hits to date. I’ll [...]
Gretchen Peters at The Sage Gateshead
As we welcome in a brand New Year it seems we are also going to welcome a plethora of visiting artists during 2012. The Sage Gateshead will take on it’s fair share of offering an eclectic mix of country with announcements already of Rosanne Cash (daughter of Johnny), Nanci Griffith, Don Williams (returning from ‘retirement’) [...]
Country Look Back 2011
As we’re ony days away from the start of a New Year I thought I’d take a look back over the country scene of 2011. It was the year when thankfully more American artists appreciated the fact that country music was alive and well in Britain and decided to visit. Appearances in our area of [...]