The North East Magazine
Produced and directed by Jim Brown this time Time Life DVD entitled ‘American Troubadour” is available at all good CD/DVD stores. “American Pie”, “Vincent”, “And I Love You So” are three songs that will live forever. Their author and singular performer Don McLean the American singer songwriter is the subject of this slow burning but [...]
As usual this weeks American Connection Music Show is packed to overflowing. If you’ve ‘liked’ The American Connection Facebook page then it could be you that wins a signed John Berry album and the latest single releases from The Mavericks. You’ve been automatically entered into a free draw and I’ll be making a random selection [...]
On this weeks American Connection there’s news of a return visit of the legendary John Prine and a reminder that Tift Merritt is in our area during the course of the week. Musically there’s a look at what seems to be the never changing face of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and I’ll be [...]
If you’ve ‘liked’ the American Connection Facebook page, then it could be you that wins our Album Of The Week on today’s show from Adrianna Freeman along with the latest album from The Time Jumpers, as I’ll be making the draw later in the show. I’ll be taking the usual look at some country artist [...]
There’s a few new names on today’s show as I’ll be introducing you to artists who perhaps haven’t heard of before. I’ll be taking a look at the chart movers in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and playing the top three best selling singles today. Our Album Of The Week is a classic from [...]
There’s a great across the board mix of old and new country on today’s show. Our ‘Remember This’ feature is suggested by a listener who came across an old cassette tape containing music from artists who had appeared at one of the Wembley Festivals of Country Music. The ‘Coulda Been Country’ tracks takes us back [...]
If you can remember some of the music on your local jukebox, then no doubt you’ll relate to our ‘Remember This’ feature on todays show. Our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track takes us back to the seventies and features one of the world’s best known duos from the world of pop music who had fourteen number [...]
If you’re of the age when you can remember sixties songs when they were not reused to sell products on TV then there’s a special treat in store for you at Sunderland Empire. Inspired by the smash hit million selling albums Dreamboats and Petticoats 1,2 and 3, the West End sell out production of the [...]