The North East Magazine
American Heartland is a triple CD release from Sony Music. Described as ‘Songs that capture the spirit of America” it contains forty seven tracks from some of country’s more modern artists. This new offering gives the listener a look into the changing world of country music with a flavouring of folk, soft rock, country and [...]
This charming CD from Dala entitled ‘Best Day’ is the fifth album from Canadian duo that has been performing together since 2002. Gifted singers and songwriters Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther’s new album is a quantum leap forward in their song writing talents and performance. Garlanded with three Canadian Folk music award nominations for songs [...]
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 [...]
This weekend sees one of the biggest musical events taking place at The Sage, Gateshead. From an experiment a few years ago the SummerTyne American Festival has played host to International acts from around the world with a flavour of country and Americana music. Taking place from this Friday ( 22nd July) through to Sunday [...]
All roads lead to the country for many music fans throughout the North East in a couple of months time as The Sage Gateshead present the SummerTyne Americana Festival from 22nd to the 24th of July. Tickets have already gone on sale and the full lineup has been announced of acts that will appear. The [...]
Our ‘Remember This’ feature this week takes us back to memories of the North East of England at the request of a ‘Texas limey’ listener. One of our regular listeners picks the Coulda Been Country track which features a team member who was born and raised in Harrogate. The Album Of The Week comes from [...]
Listen and you’ll hear a secret..more than one in fact …two. With modern technology being so advanced in being able to alter pitch, tone, and vocal range in voices on many modern recordings it is more than gratifying to hear an album recorded the way it would have been in the early fifties. I’ve just [...]