On todays show I’ll be telling you of a big surprise that came my way during the week. I’ll be featuring three tracks from a great new album from Mary Chapin Carpenter in our Album Of The week slot. As usual I’ll be taking a look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot [...]
Crazy Heart Movie Soundtrack
Over the years many large screen movies have carried country music as part of their soundtrack, some without the viewer even knowing it was there. During the seventies some of the best samples were the ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ series ‘Urban Cowboy’ and ‘WW and the Dixie DanceKings’. Biographical epics like ‘Coalminers Daughter’ (the Loretta [...]
Steve Earle at The Sage Gateshead
You certainly do not just have to be a singer and songwriter to be part of the country music world. You can also be a published writer, a political activist, a playright and director and also be cited as the new Bruce Springsteen. How Steve Earle views the latter I’m not too sure, he has [...]