The North East Magazine
It’s a sobering thought this Christmas Eve that 9/11 changed the World. Its architect was the Saudi born Osama Bin Laden. A long term “player” in the intelligence world he became the figure head and inspirational leader for anti American forces in the Middle East and throughout the world in the Nineties. Once considered an”asset” [...]
If you’re an avid watcher of the TV series ‘King Of The Hill’ the you may not know that the voice of ‘Elvin’ is provided by a chart topping country artist, or for that matter that the voice behind the KFC fast food restaurant chain also features the same. That same voice has also been [...]
Randy Bruce Traywick began playing country music in his early teens with his brother Ricky when they formed a duo and called themselves The Traywicks. It was years later when he won a talent competition that the clubs owner to a liking to his music and he changed his name to Randy Ray. It was [...]
Released a couple of weeks ago, The Piglet Files starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Clive Francis returns in DVD format. This series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst of “Only Fools and Horses” fame is the second part release of LWT (Granada Television) early nineties series of what happens when an intelligence service runs out of enemies to spy [...]
If you’re a movie buff then it is possible that you may have heard of Tim McGraw. To date McGraw has appeared in six movies the latest being the release of ‘Country Strong’ with Gwyneth Paltrow. However to the country music fan McGraw has provided some of the greatest music around since the early nineties. [...]
There’s a touch of nostalgia on todays show. As we got to the end of last year I realised that I still had some requests left over from a golden oldies show, so that’s where we’re heading today, A trip down memory lane where you have chosen all the tracks. It’s a mix of how [...]
The Smartest Guys in the Room……..Really? This London transfer of the West End and Broadway hit takes no prisoners in its content and delivery. It tells the story of American nineties capitalism run rampant with facilitating regulators, asleep at the wheel Governments and compliant and stupefied punters (us). Sounds familiar ? It should, if only [...]
If you fancy a taste of Dixieland Delight then there’s a new treat in store(s). Almost ten years ago, thirteen time Grammy Award and ten time Country Music Association winners the Dixie Chicks became the first and only female group in music history to earn two consecutive diamond album certifications by the RIAAA,for United States [...]