The North East Magazine
Caitlin Rose may be a new name to many traditional country fans here in England but having just taken a listen to her new offering ‘The Stand -In’, she is going to be an artists that we will hear a lot more of in the future. The Stand -In is only her second release and [...]
Many may think when his name is mentioned ,that you are talking of a female country artist. That is where it ends however as Tracy Byrd is one of the great school of modern traditional male country artists. Tracy Lynn Byrd is the son of Jerry Lynn and Brenda Vaughan Byrd who was born in [...]
I have to confess to Billie Jo Spears being one of my favourite female country singers. I like many more was introduced to her with her ‘Blanket On The Ground’ hit and having heard her vocal ability was hooked on an artist that could shout ‘coal’ and it would be so musical it could be [...]
He performed his first gig at the age of five with his family’s band ‘Country Cousins’. He was influenced by Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, and Gary Allan and has been the opening act for Little Texas, Emerson Drive, Darryl Worley and Rodney Atkins, and as yet he is a complete new name on [...]
“I recorded a whopping two hundred and eighty songs for Musicor. That kind of output, even in those days, was unheard of, artists today might take two or three days to record one song. When I was at Musicor, I recorded an entire album in three hours, a practise that violated the Musicians Unions’ rules. [...]