Many 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’ [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s news on today’s show of a special bumper Christmas giveaway by just becoming a member of the American Connection Facebook page. You could win albums from Lyle Lovett, Ben Kweller, Gretchen Peters, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley and single releases from Toby Keith, Tift Merritt, Sean Wilson, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson and Alison Moorer. [...]
Tom Russell…Mesabi
Tom Russell could be called The Sam Peckinpah of American Music.I came fresh to this artist and his new album release, and was intrigued with the album’s striking cover and mysterious title…..Mesabi. I discovered a maestro of music and a poet of heart. This is his 26th album ! Why is he not more widely [...]
The American Connection
There’s a plentyful mix of great easy listening music on todays show. There’s also news of an additional artist added to Brad Paisley’s visit and information relating to the Summertyne Americana Festival at The Sage Gateshead. Our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track takes us back to the late fifties and our ‘Remember This’ track brings memories [...]
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. Prolific releases on the Humphead record label [...]