The North East Magazine
From the inception of The Sage Gateshead, the country fan has been treated to a plethora of stars from the country music world. Names like Glen Campbell, Marty Stuart, Don Williams, Lyle Lovett, Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss, Matraca Berg, Rosanne Cash, Raul Malo, Nanci Griffiths and a whole host more which also includes another country [...]
On today’s American Connection Music Show the ‘Remember This’ slot features a lady who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Her first ever composition was entitled ‘My Dog Sergeant Is A Good Dog’………… Our Album Of The Week takes the shape of a new release called Nashville [...]
As we head into the New Year I thought I’d just mention a few really great albums that could adorn your CD collection that were released during the year as I take a country lookback over 2012. It was also the year of introducing quite a few newcomers to the world of country music that [...]
On today’s show there’s a cornucopia of great Christmas songs sung by country stars. I’ll also be treating you to some weird and wonderful facts and traditions that perhaps you didn’t know about, relating to the Christmas festivities. There’s also a look at some of the Number One country songs that topped the charts at [...]
There are few who can emulate her writing talent, and many would love to be one song behind. Mention hitmakers like Suzy Bogguss, The Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Deana Carter, Linda Ronstadt, Sara Evans, T.G.Sheppard and Pam Tillis to name only a few, and they have all recorded songs from the pen of [...]
There’s more than a touch of nostalgia on todays American Connection. Over the last couple of month listeners have been sending requests in to the show reating to their favourite artists as this Saturday the show comprises of ‘Oldies”. Songs featuring artists from 1950 through to the year 2000 take prominence from all the e-mails [...]
When it comes to Albums Of The Week, I’ve got an absolute belter for you on this weeks American Connection show. It’s so good I could have played all twelve tracks, but because of time I may only get the chance to play four….it’s from Hank Williams Jnr. There are five country artists celebrating birthdays [...]
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 [...]