Out with the OLD and in with
the New?
Meat & Candy
The great country music debate
Duncan Warwick and Kate
Brewster guest on BBC Radio Norfolk
ICYMI:
Country
Music People magazine editor Duncan
Warwick and local country fan Kate
Brewster joined Keith Greentree on
BBC Radio Norfolk on his Dec 31,
2016 Saturday morning Rodeo Norfolk show to look back over
2016 in the world of country music.
Kate
and Duncan’s respective views on country music were totally different
and it was highly entertaining!
You
can listen to last 2 hours of the show on the BBC iPlayer
Listen
to edited Highlights (first broadcast Dec 31, 2016):
TODAYS/ MODERN COUNTRY
Kate Brewster’s Picks
#1 Keith Urban "John Cougar, John
Deere, John 3:16"
#2 Sam Hunt "Leave The Night On"
(Montevallo; 27 Oct 2014 Amazon UK)
#3 Cam "Half Broke Heart"
(Untamed; 11 Dec 2015 Amazon UK)
#4 Old Dominion "Snapback" (Meat
and Candy; 6 Nov 2015 Amazon UK)
#5 Florida Georgia Line
"H.O.L.Y" (Dig Your Roots; 25 Aug 2016 Amazon
UK)
#6 Thomas Rhett "Beer With
Jesus" (It Goes Like This; 1 Jan 2013 Amazon
UK)
Kate
Brewster Comments:
Keith Urban"Sums up your life with
3 John's"
Sam Hunt to me has been BIG, he's
been on my iPod, I just adore him, he's a lyrical genius, a huge talent"
Cam "Bought the UNTAMED album
and enjoyed most of it...its got great lyrics"
"I
love Old Dominion..their lyrical
witt is infectious that whole album there isn't a song I don't like"
Florida Georgia Line: "I love them, I think
they're fabulous really lively, represent summer..thier revolution has been
fascinating"
Thomas Rhett: "Beautiful voice he
does upbeat well and slow fabulously"
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY
Duncan Warwick’s Picks
#1 Spicewood Seven "The Magic
Bullet" (Still Mad; 4 Jan 2016 Amazon UK | CD
Baby;
CMP Review April 2016; 2 Stars)
Fronted by songwriter Luke Powers (vocals, guitar) and steel guitar
legend Tommy Spurlock (vocals, guitar) with Suzi Ragsdale on harmony vocals,
Beau Johnson, Scott Musick and Jimmy Karstein on drums and guest slots from B.C
Cummings (bass on “Broke”), Garth Hudson of The Band (bass guitar) and Bob
Wills’ Texas Playboy survivor Leon Rausch (vocals) both lend support on “The
Magic Bullet”. The song is about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Going
back to “The Magic Bullet” (complete with great pedal steel and tinkling piano)
Leon Rausch for his part sounds amazingly good for his age, and though
Spicewood Seven will never bother the mainstream boys, they know how to serve
up a solid, stout as an oak rhythm and stick with it (and outshine a great many
acts of your mainstream country idiom).
#2 Tyler Hammond "Country in a
Country Song" (Everything to Lose; 25 Oct 2016 Amazon UK)
#3 Mark Chesnutt "You Moved up in
Your World" (Tradition Lives; 8 July 2016 Amazon UK)
#4 Landon Dodd "All They Serve in
Here Is Misery" (What Comes Natural to a Fool; 5 April 2016; Amazon UK)
#5 Cale Tyson "Gonna Love a Woman"
(Careless Soul; 8 April 2016 Amazon
UK)
#6 Clifton Brown "The Afterwife"
(Country, Live It, Love It, Breathe It; 26 Aug 2016)
Duncan
Warwick Comments:
The Magic Bullet - It's got a great sound,
it swings along nicely, Leon Rausch what a singer, the lyrics are great"
Tyler Hammond "This song says
everthing I believe in, Country in a Country Song”
Mark Chesnutt My favourite album of this
year [2016], it's a brand new record, new music NOT old, that still recognizes
it's roots"
In the January 2017 issue Country Music People 2016 Critics Choice feature Duncan Warwick named
Mark
Chesnutt’s TRADITION LIVES as his #1
Album of 2016
A stunning return by my
absolute favourite singer of the last 30 years. As good as he ever was, or
maybe even better.
Additional
in his Editor's Picks Song Of The Year
list at #3 was “You Moved Up In Your World” – Mark Chesnutt
Landon Dodd One of my favourite songs
this year, if there is a song that typifies everything I love about country
music, this is it Landon Dodd"!
Cale Tyson: This is probably the most
played track in my house this year...reminiscient of Merle Haggard..a really
good example of country soul"
Clifton Brown: "The Afterwife, a
great title, the play on words I really like"
About Country Music People
& Duncan Warwick
The
number one country music magazine “From Austin To Nashville And Beyond”!
available
by subscription from:
Kickin'
Cuts Ltd
PO
Box 75, Attleborough NR17 1WL
Issue
description:
Country Music People is Europe’s number one
country music magazine - giving you the world of country music from Austin to
Nashville and Beyond. CMP gives you the world of country music: New Country,
Roots, Honky Tonk, Americana, Traditional, Acoustic, Country-Rock, Old Time ,
Bluegrass, NashPop, Cowboy, Western Swing, Singer-Songwriter, Alternative.
In
May 2014 the CMA presented Duncan
Warwick, the editor of noted British Country Music magazine Country Music
People, with the Wesley Rose Media
Achievement Award in Norwich.
Duncan Warwick Photo: CMA World 2014 |
“Duncan
has been a champion for Country Music in the U.K. for decades,” said Bobbi Boyce,
CMA Director of International Relations. “He has certainly helped raise
international awareness and interest in Country Music and continues to work
tirelessly on behalf of the format. I am so pleased to honor him with this
award.”
Warwick began his career in music at Impulse Promotions, a division of Zomba Records, where he worked as a promotions representative. Warwick was later named Promotions Manager at Zomba Records overseeing the Jive division. He began contributing to Country Music People in the early ‘90s and helped introduce the Kickin’ Cuts chart that continues to be a feature of the magazine.
Warwick
was named editor of Country Music
People in 2009 and continues to helm the publication, which has published more
than 500 issues. The magazine continues to cover not only major label releases,
but also traditional and classic Country Music, Americana, rockabilly,
bluegrass, and Western swing.
“The way that country music is perceived in
the U.K. has always been of concern to me and over the years I have done
anything I could to further the cause,” said Warwick.
In
addition to his work at Country Music People, Warwick guests on the BBC Radio
Norfolk Country show (Rodeo Norfolk) and has worked to expand Country Music’s
radio presence in the U.K. by consulting for various radio stations around the
country.
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Magazine description:
Zac
Brown Band (cover feature),
The Critics' Choice,
Shane Owens,
The Cactus Blossoms,
Charlie McNeal,
Leon Russell,
plus Dallas Moore and The Western Flyers
CD Reviews
Book Reviews
Hotdisc & Billboard Charts & so much more!
The Critics' Choice,
Shane Owens,
The Cactus Blossoms,
Charlie McNeal,
Leon Russell,
plus Dallas Moore and The Western Flyers
CD Reviews
Book Reviews
Hotdisc & Billboard Charts & so much more!
About Keith Greentree
Keith was born on the south coast when radio was the only on-air entertainment.
School
provided little interest to Keith, and he couldn’t wait to leave and join the
Merchant Navy.
His
love of music and radio began to flourish when he bought a short wave radio and
spent his off duty time searching the dial for American music stations while
travelling around the world.
Music
was becoming important in Keith’s life, so he came ashore and began working for
a high street radio and television retail company.
At that time the radio pirates were setting up and he became fascinated by the new radio sound with the so called disc jockeys making the whole listening experience exciting.
At that time the radio pirates were setting up and he became fascinated by the new radio sound with the so called disc jockeys making the whole listening experience exciting.
Keith
had also learned to play the drums, and was playing in various types of bands
along the south coast in Holiday Camps and at weddings and parties.
It
was in 1970 with a young family Keith and Margaret moved to Norfolk with the
idea of starting a business. In the
early days of living in Norfolk, Keith supplemented his income by playing all
genres of music in various types of bands, but there was one style of music
that he really enjoyed - country! He played in a number of country bands over
the years, two of the best known in the area were Wichita and Spiral.
When
BBC Radio Norfolk opened in 1980
Keith was keen to become involved, and in 1983 was offered a programme called
Weekend going out at 6pm on a Friday playing music and listing local events.
Keith
left the BBC for a couple of years to become the afternoon DJ on a commercial
radio station and presented its country music show every Sunday.
Keith
rejoined the BBC and was the Rodeo
Norfolk country presenter and successor to the late Roy Waller (1940/41 – 6
July 2010) and long time BBC Radio Norfolk presenter.
Keith
regular presenter on Rodeo Norfolk brings his own style, "stretching the
country genre, from over here to over there", with enthusiasm for the
music to the airwaves every Saturday 9am - 12pm BBC
Webpage.
About Kate Brewster
I
am the Supporter Relations Officer at Dogs
Trust (Article) Snetterton in Norfolk. I work in the rehoming
centre alongside 70 Dogs
are a common thread in both my work and personal life. At home I am lucky
enough to have two Collies, Dusty and Dalton, when not out walking, running, or
playing games with them, my husband and I are currently undertaking quite a DIY
‘project’ on our house and I love getting involved, whether it’s knocking down
a wall or hanging some wallpaper I’m there! I also love photography and baking,
although both of these usually end up back on the four-legged theme, with
numerous batches of dog biscuits made and hours spent patiently trying to
capture Dusty & Dalton on camera! My role is very diverse and interesting
and means I can combine a love of dogs with my enjoyment of meeting people.
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