We all have our own particular musical heroes and perhaps without knowing it we are influenced by their styling. If any further proof were needed you need only take a listen to the latest release from the writer of the Americana Music Song of the Year writer Hayes Carll. Having admitted to being a great [...]
American Connection 7-Preview
Apart from the last chance to win Jim Reeves double CD of 36 unreleased songs and a copy of Toby Keith’s chart topping No 1 single American Ride in our ‘Beat The Bugle’ competition, Brian will take you back to the 31st October 1989 in the ‘On This Day ‘ feature and play a track [...]
Rodney Crowell and The Flatlanders at The Sage Gateshead
They say to ‘sing the blues’ you have had to live them, they also say that to write a good song it helps if you’ve experienced something of what you’re singing about. I remember Tom T Hall once telling me that the majority of his story songs are true, albeit that sometimes he had added [...]