Heather McCready - Give It A Day

McCready M Heather McCready Give It A DayI call it the ‘tingle’ factor.

We’ve all probably experienced it at one time or another, it’s that moment when the world stops, the sun shines, and the hairs on the back of your neck reach for the sky in celebration of something.

It happened the first

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The American Connection Country Music Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music ShowThere’s a fair mix of both brand new and old on todays show.

James Otto takes up our Album Of The Week and I’ll be featuring three tracks from his album entitled ‘Shake What God Gave Ya’.

I’ll also be taking a look at a few artists who celebrate their birthday this week and

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The American Connection Country Music Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music ShowOn todays show I’m giving away tickets to see Suzy Bogguss ‘live’ in the North East and if you’re an American Connection Facebook Page listener it could be you that wins a couple of albums ,one from Lyle Lovett the other from Kenny Chesney.

Our Album Of The Week comes from an artist who

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Nanci Griffith at The Sage Gateshead

NANCI S Nanci Griffith at The Sage GatesheadMany years ago in the halycon days of the Peterborough Country Music Festival I had the pleasure of seeing a fairly new artist at the time called Nanci Griffith.

Nanci was new to hard core British country music audiences and it was not perhaps until the release of her album ‘Lone Star State of Mind’

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The American Connection Country Music Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music ShowThere’s a plethora of great country songs on today’s show from Exile through to the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

Our Album of the Week comes from the multi award winning Tim McGraw and it’s an eclectic mix of modern contemporary country sounds.

Made in Britain features Zoe and Kenny better known in British country circles

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The American Connection Country Music Radio Show

653615206 J2Yxv S The American Connection Country Music Radio ShowThere’s a mixed bag of country music goodies on todays show and a reminder as to how you can win tickets to see Suzy Bogguss in concert when she plays the North East.

I’ll be introducing a new British artist to you in the Made In Britain spot in the shape of

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The American Connection Country Music Radio Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music Radio ShowThere’s a cracking Album Of The Week on todays show as I play three tracks from Dierks Bentley’s new album.

I’ll be taking a look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and playing the top three this very day in Nashville.

The ‘Take You Back Track

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The American Connection Country Music Radio Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music Radio ShowOn this weeks show I’ll be letting you know how you can win a pair of tickets to see Suzy Bogguss when she appears at the Gala Theatre, Durham.

Our Album Of The Week comes from the lady who headlines at the forthcoming International Festival of Country Music at Wembley Arena…that’s Reba

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The American Connection Country Music Show

962766967 VLExP S The American Connection Country Music ShowOn this weeks show I’ve got news of Suzy Bogguss coming back to the North East to play a date in May and a roundup of other visiting artists in our Who’s Where and When section.

The Album of the Week is an absolute cracker from Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers who

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Suzy Bogguss at Durham Gala Theatre

bogguss S Suzy Bogguss at Durham Gala TheatreIt 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

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