The Young’uns – CD release

Younguns

‘When Our Grandfathers Said No’ from The Young’uns is their first release on Navigation Records. The Young’uns are a three-piece male band comprised of David Eagle,Sean Cooney and Michael Hughes all coming from the Teeside region of North East England. They sing a range of songs and styles that mix folk, sea shanties, traditional and [...]

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iLa Sport Pedometer Alarm

If you’re still trying to shed a few pounds after over indulging during the Christmas and New Year break then perhaps there is light on the horizon with a product from iLa that may help. If you take gentle excercise like dog walking or you’re planning to start jogging then the iLa Sport pedometer make [...]

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The American Connection New Years Eve Special

As we head into another New Year, todays show takes at look back at country music happenings over 2011. I’ll be playing some of the best album tracks that that came from Nashville over the last twelve months in this one hundred minute special. If you want to sit back and relax before you start [...]

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A Happy New Country Year

A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year for 2011. Today’s show is a tad shorter than usual as I know you’ll still be having your celebrations. I’m taking a look back over some of the ‘Albums Of The Week’ I featured during 2010 and playing tracks from them. It might be worth getting a pen [...]

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Heading for a Country Christmas

As we head into Christmas there’s a reminder as to how you can start the New Year with a mega prize. I’ve got four great albums to give away and a pair of tickets to see Marty Stuart in concert at the Sage in Gateshead next year. There’s the regular look into the Billboard Hot [...]

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The American Connection 1

Looking Back Over The Country On this the first of the new shows into a brand New Year I’ll be taking a look back over the world of country music in 2009. As it’s a purely personal choice, it will feature what I consider to be the Best Male Artist Album…the Best Female Artist Album…the [...]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 to our showbiz readers

We hope you all had some great celebrations to bring in the New Year Tomorrow there’s a special invite from Brian Clough to join him for the first American Connection Show of the New Year, where he’ll be taking a look back over the last twelve months of country music. He’ll be picking his favourite [...]

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The American Connection12

There’s the usual mixed bag of country goodies on todays show. There’s tracks from Roy Orbison, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Highway 101, Lyle Lovett and Billie Jo Spears just to mention a few. There’s also news of some mega prizes that you could win to start the New Year in great style by just emailing [...]

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