Gretchen Peters in Concert

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791856351 kJeLa S Gretchen Peters in ConcertTo the uninitiated the name of Gretchen Peters may not mean a lot.

To those however with a musical ear and a realization of great talent then it means a great deal.

Such is her talent that she is revered around the world by many of

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Fancy a trip in the country

653615206 J2Yxv S Fancy a trip in the countryOnce again a warm invitation is extended to join me for some of the best music around.

On this weeks ‘On This Day’ feature I’ll be relating to what happened when Britney Spears shaved her hair off, and whose album which initially cost £2 eventually sold for £4000 and ‘why’!!

There’s a look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts and I’ll be

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Looking back over the country

As we head into another New Year I thought it was probably appropriate to take a general look back over the last twelve month relating to the country music world.

There were some great releases from some stompin’ new artists and memorable offerings from some well established names.

Album Of The Year 2009

Album Of The Year 2009

Prolific releases on the Humphead record label gave us new names like

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 to our showbiz readers

We hope you all had some great celebrations to bring in the New Year

Tomorrow there’s a special invite from Brian Clough to join him for the first American Connection Show of the New Year, where he’ll be taking a look back over the last twelve months of country music.

He’ll be picking his favourite tracks, albums,songs,from male and female artists, duo and bands and announcing the winner of the December competition.

If you’ve entered…. it could be you that starts the New Year with album

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Boxing Day American Connection

Boxing Day Christmas Country on Euvue

As we all know Christmas is that special time of year for sharing…and with that in mind today I’d like to share a special time with you whether you’re with your family or it’s just you and me together

653615206 J2Yxv M Boxing Day American ConnectionThere’s a mixed back of christmas country goodies with country artists singing christmas songs, some fascinating christmas facts and a relaxing feel

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Country Christmas CD's for your Christmas Stocking

At this time of year I normally like to inject a Christmas country feel to the festive proceedings and with that in mind you’ve probably got around twenty four hours to add a christmas country musical flavouring to your last minute shopping list.

Individually there’s a great release still on offer from a few year back from Lonestar (remember them with their crossover hit ‘Amazed’) it’s called ‘This Christmas Time’ and they stroll through a mix of classics and new offerings in great harmony

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Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East England

In the world of country music there’s singer/songwriters, and then there’s Gretchen Peters.

529030707 GiPdL S Gretchen Peters Live Concerts in North East EnglandShe is one of those enigmatic artists who takes her art to the pinnacle and further and is admired by many of her peers.

As a writer there are not many who can claim to to have written songs for such a wide ranging plethora

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The American Connection 4

On this weeks show there’s a chance to win the last single release from Toby Keith that topped the American Charts last week and a double CD featuring 36 unreleased song from gentleman Jim Reeves by entering our on line competition by seeing if you can Beat the Bugle…it’s only a bit of fun as you never know which word or words the bugle is going to delete from the song…you’ll find out more by taking a listen.

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The American Connection Preview

On this weeks show I’ll be reminding you to get your entry in for our on line competition by seeing if you can Beat the Bugle…you could also win the last single release from Toby Keith that topped the American Charts last week and a double CD featuring 36 unreleased songs from gentleman Jim Reeves…
653615206 J2Yxv M The American Connection 4 PreviewI’ll be taking a look at The Billboard Hot

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Wine, Women and Song interview – Part 5 of 5

588823180 QvZ59 S Wine, Women and Song interview   Part 5 of 5Sadly, we come to the final part of my chat with country artists Suzy Bogguss, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg who were on their 2009 British leg of the ‘Wine Women and Song’ tour.

It was a great pleasure for me…I hope you enjoyed their words and music as much as I did over

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