You’re probably aware of country music, cajun music, and outlaw music but are you aware of Red Dirt music?. Red Dirt music is a genre of music that gets its name from the colour of the soil found in Oklahoma, although Stillwater in Oklahoma is supposedly the centre of the Red Dirt Music sound. Not [...]
Teea Goans – That’s Just Me
She may be a new name to you but she has been on the country scene Stateside since 2006. Teea Goans was singing in church at the age of three, was spotted at a talent contest at the age of eight by the Truman Lake Opry and a year later become a fully fledged member. [...]
The Time Jumpers
According to the majority of musicians, there is nothing better than a good old ‘jam’ session. This is personified in a new CD release by an outfit called The Time Jumpers. Featuring studio musicians and singers this eleven piece outfit comprised of Dawn Sears, ‘Ranger’ Doug Green, Andy Reiss, Dennis Crouch, Jeff Taylor, Joe Spivey, [...]
Suzy Bogguss at Durham Gala Theatre
It 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 American artists visiting, with proper accreditation this also [...]
George Strait – Here For a Good Time
There are not many artists who can equate to the success of George Strait. Known as the King of Country to his Nashville peers George has just released his thirty ninth album appropriately enough called ‘Here For A Good Time’. Apart from his thirty ninth release, in his musical career so far he has released 92 [...]
Willie and the Wheel
He is probably one of the most prolific record releasers. He has also probably recorded with more artists than anyone else. There is however an new album release from him that should have been recorded around thirty years ago. If you’re a western swing fan then it will be a long waited addition to your [...]
The Voice returns
How many times have you heard the words ‘the voice’. It’s a description that is used in many connotations ,as in ‘the voice of America’,'the village voice’,'the voice of the people’ and of course the ‘voice of country music’. Some say ‘the voice of country music’ is and always has been George Jones, and although [...]
Charlie Dore The Hula Valley
Charlie Dore – The Hula Valley After making five albums of original material, recent albums such as “Sleep All Day” and “Cuckoo Hill” saw Charlie Dore returning to her acoustic folk-country roots, accumulating in winning the International Acoustic Music Grand Prize as well as the First Prize Folk with her song “Looking For My Own [...]