July 3, 2008

IN 2005, during the American equivalent of our X Factor, Simon Cowell predicted that a young contestant called Carrie Underwood would not only win the competition but outsell all of the previous winners.

June 26, 2008

TRADITIONAL fans will be interested in a new offering from the specialist people at Bear Family Records, who have given the CD boxset treatment to Buck Owens.

June 19, 2008

MUSICAL success can follow in parental footsteps. If we think pop, then Julio Inglesias is followed by Enrico, cheeky Cockney Joe Brown by daughter Sam and Marty Wilde by Kim.

June 12, 2008

Often honours are posthumous, but, thankfully, that is not the case at this year's Country Music Association Hall of Fame Awards with Tom T Hall, The Statler Brothers and EmmyLou Harris all inducted.

June 5, 2008

Steve Earle: Copperhead Road, Deluxe Edition (Universal Records)

May 29, 2008

IF you're a modern country music fan rather than a traditionalist then the new release by Phil Vassar is an album not to be missed.