The North East Magazine
Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes Of Freedom was released a couple of weeks ago to coincide with his first visit to the UK. Although he had never performed here before he did enjoy a number one record called ‘Over and Over’ with Nelly in 2005 and has had successful nationwide airplays with the song ‘Me and [...]
Gary Allans new album release ‘Set You Free’ has already made him a happy man. Emerging on the country scene in 1996 he has now produced his eighth album and with it his first number one from it which topped the Billboard Country Airplay Charts last Thursday with a song called “Every Storm (Runs Out [...]
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 [...]
It could seem that after the results of Britain’s Got Talent final where Ashley and doggie partner Pudsey took top honours that British audiences prefer dogs rather than singers to win. Not so however in the States where their talent shows produce more vocal winners than anything else. One such winner from their 2005 American [...]
It’s that time of year again when I get the chance to dust off the Christmas Country CD’s. If you haven’t got into the Christmas Spirit of things yet because you’ve been rushing around trying to get everything sorted for tomorrow…then I’ve got the complete antidote to make your Christmas better. There’s a brilliant selection [...]
Over the years it seems the female country artist fraternity have taken on names of affection relating to their status. Tammy Wynette was known as ‘The First Lady Of Country Music’, Loretta Lynn as the ‘Coalminers Daughter’, Dolly Parton as ‘The Queen Of Country Music, and the list goes on. What may have escaped your [...]
If you’re into honky tonk music then no doubt you will be aware of one of the most successfull new breed exponents of the styling. In 1990 Texas bred Mark Chesnutt was signed to the MCA record label and although at the time his was affectionately known as ‘the human jukebox’ (due to the fact [...]
Last year was a great year for the Georgian country singer Luke Bryan who scored two number ones in the Billboard Charts with ‘Someone Else Calling You Baby’ and ‘Rain Is A Good Thing’. He is perhaps a superstar in the making as he is now into releasing his third studio album entitled ‘Tailgates and [...]