The North East Magazine
‘Old Sock’ is the latest album release from Eric Clapton on the Polydor record label. Eric Clapton has been around since the early Sixties and has helped define the very best in Pop and Rock in British music since then. From “The Yardbirds”, to “Cream”, “Blind Faith” and as a solo artist he has [...]
Eric Churchs’ ‘Sinners Like Me’ is his first official European release albeit that it was initially launched Stateside in 2006. It established him as one of the most acclaimed songwriters in country music in the USA at the time. Four singles were released from the album which gave him three Top Twenty chart successes with [...]
If you have had the pleasure of experiencing the Wine, Women and Song shows with Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss and Matraca Berg, then you may relate to the fact that Matraca is the ‘quiet ‘one. She’ll also be the first to admit that before she comes on stage for a performance she gets ‘butterflies’. To [...]
You’ve got to be good to leave an established sucessfull outfit when you decide to carve out a new career as a solo artist. In the pop world names like Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Sting, Alan Price and many more can be listed. In the world of country, names like Neil Young, Darius Rucker, Kenny [...]
It was many years ago at one of the International Festival of Country Music at Wembley that I first heard of Suzy Bogguss. Wearing my radio journalist hat I was there to capture some of the atmosphere of the festival and record interviews with some of the American artists visiting, with proper accreditation this also [...]
Apart from being a great instrumentalist and entertainer Marty Stuart is a memorabilia collector. From the early age of eleven Marty was influenced by the music of Lester Flatt, little knowing as a self taught musician that years later he would be playing in his band. His on stage musical career had started at the [...]
At the beginning of the eighties I was introduced to the music of Moe Bandy an ex rodeo clown who through his down home traditional sounds was gaining great chart success both with single and album releases. One of his singing buddies during this time was fellow artist Joe Stampley ,teaming together they recorded a [...]
It always seems to have been a rule of thumb that most bands always have a lead singer,and although I appreciate many of the solo performers of country music I have to confess to having a leaning towards the band sound. This I suppose relates to my own experience of never having the bottle to [...]