Interviews
05.10.2010
George Hamilton V is the son of country music legend and Grand Ole Opry star George Hamilton IV and is also a successful musician on his own. He is also quite popular in Europe thanks to his numerous collaborations with the Colorado Band from Poland ...
Interviews
03.31.2010
Buddy Jewell had been in the music business a long time until he eventually achieved a national success as the very first winner of Nashville Star, a country and much cooler version of American Idol, in 2003. Right after his TV triumph he scored Top ...
Interviews
03.13.2010
Susan Hickman is a very talented and ambitious young lady from Houston, TX, currently breaking through in country music. With the release of her debut album "Susan Hickman" in early 2009, she can be heard on the country radio both in the USA and ...
Journal
03.06.2010
Even though some American country music artists appear to play in Germany or Switzerland from time to time, it's quite common that the major stars don't usually tour Europe. When the news came that Alan Jackson was coming on tour to Europe after 19 ...
News
09.25.2009
The European Country Music Association revealed nominees for its annual awards show and "Long Gone Loner", a powerful duet by Slovak band Peter & The Rowers with country superstar Joe Diffie earned a nod in the Vocal Collaboration of the Year ...
Interviews
06.26.2009
Lonestar is one of country's finest bands consisting of Cody Collins, Dean Sams, Michael Britt and Keech Rainwater. With 10 #1 hits including "No News", "Amazed" and "I'm Already There" they already made their mark in country music history. I met ...
News
06.23.2009
The Slovak band Peter & The Rowers have topped the ECMA Top 100 chart several times and they won 8 awards from the European CMA last year. Now they can add another success on their list of career achievements: for the very first time they topped ...
News
05.14.2009
Joe Diffie, a man of the golden voice and Grammy winning country music legend, who collected 12 #1 hit records in the 90's, has signed a contract with the AGR Television Records, a division of Universal Music. Joe's first European album "The ...
Interviews
03.11.2009
Tracy Byrd is one of the very few unique country artists, who has been true to traditional honkytonk all his career and has been making excellent music ever since. Coming from Beaumont, TX, Tracy scored with smash hits such as "Watermelon Crawl", ...
Interviews
01.30.2009
Marty Stuart is a living legend, who started out in Lester Flatts's backing group at the age of 14. In 1979 Marty joined Johnny Cash's band and soon afterwards launched his solo career. Marty scored with a number of popular hits including "Hillbilly ...
Interviews
08.26.2008
Bill Anderson has been one of the brightest stars of the Grand Ole Opry since 1961. In the early 60's he scored a number of hits with "Po Folks", "Still", "Mama Sang A Song" and many more and his unique voice soon earned his a name "Whispering Bill" ...
Interviews
08.22.2008
During my Texas trip I took an exciting ride when I got on Mark Chesnutt's touring and went with him and the gang to do a show down in Brownsville. It was really cool to experience a life on the road with a major star for 24 hours including spending ...
Interviews
08.19.2008
This time I met Michael Peterson in Nashville, we went to dinner a couple of times and one night he showed me around bars on Broadway. When we walked in Tootsies, Michael's presence gained so much attention, that he eventually had to come up on the ...
Journal
08.16.2008
Seeing Brad Paisley in concert was a dream of mine for years, which eventually came true when I got to Louisville, KY, where Brad played with opening acts Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough at the Kentucky State Fair. Brad Paisley is well-known ...
Journal
08.14.2008
Although the summer is the best time of year for visiting Nashville, a disvantage is that the major stars are out on arena tours and when one wants to see a big show, they have to travel long distances. That's why I took a trip to the Kentucky State ...
News
08.12.2008
The powerful duet by the reigning European Artist of the Year, Peter & The Rowers, and country music superstar Joe Diffie has reached #1 at the ECMA Top 100 this week. This becomes the third #1 hit within 18 months for the successful Slovak band ...
Interviews
08.05.2008
The legendary Joe Diffie, one of the biggest stars in the 90's and the man of the golden voice, has collected 12 #1 hits, Grammy awards, CMA awards, Grand Ole Opry membership and cut several duets with George Jones. He has earned a prominent ...
News
07.09.2008
"Long Gone Loner", the powerful duet by Peter & Rowers and country music superstar Joe Diffie, became the most played country song in Europe last week. In the UK, Germany, Norway and Denmark the single made it straight to #1. The European ...
News
05.23.2008
The European Country Music Association finally revealed winners for 2007. The Slovak band Peter & The Rowers made this year's awards their own, turning 8 nominations into 6 wins. Since they were nominated twice in two categories, they won all ...
News
05.14.2008
"From Hockey Star to Cancer Survivor to Country Music Star to Battling Cancer Again". Peter Dula, the lead singer of the most successful European country band Peter & The Rowers, has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time in his life. At ...
News
03.16.2008
Peter Dula & The Rowers are proud to announce that the song "Long Gone Loner" has been completed and sent to radio stations worldwide. "We are thrilled about recording with this country music legend whom we have admired for many years and we ...
Interviews
02.14.2008
Ricochet claim they are the hardest working band in country music and there really might be something about it. Their unbelievably energetic shows and perfect 5-vocal harmonies with a lot of musical surprises are always a very enjoyable experience. ...
Interviews
02.13.2008
A couple of years ago the popular country trio, the Wilkinsons, made a big decision and after many successful years in Nashville moved back home to Ontario, Canada. Their big career step was well documented in a special family reality show, which ...
News
02.01.2008
The announcement of the final nominees for the upcoming awards show held by the European Country Music Association was surely a reason to celebrate for Peter & The Rowers, who earned the total of 8 nods. Not only are they leading the nominations ...
News
01.28.2008
The upcoming Peter & The Rowers album will feature the total of three duets with special star guests. One of them is the honky tonk legend Joe Diffie, who is going to help out Peter Dula with the original "Lone Gone Loner". The great Buddy ...
Journal
10.04.2007
Everyone who attended the international Porta festival in the Czech Republic couldn’t miss the performance of an excellent country band Peter & The Rowers from Slovakia, who proved with their typical charm and ease what makes the top European ba ...
Interviews
07.27.2007
Ricky Skaggs is a true music legend. Starting out as a bluegrass musician who switched to country to achieve all he possible could and then switching back to bluegrass to became the leading personality of the genre. His 13 Grammy awards speak for ...
Interviews
06.01.2007
Danni Leigh is one of the most unique artists of today's country music. A former waitress at the legendary Bluebird Café managed to gain a lot of fans and soon was opening shows for Alan Jackson, George Jones and other superstars. For her rough imag ...
Interviews
02.03.2007
Rick Trevino is an amazing artist, who exploded on the country music scene in the mid 90's and immediately became a superstar of honkytonks coast to coast. He also received a Grammy as a part of the legendary Los Super 7 and in more recent years ...
News
12.17.2006
The fact that the Country Sisters perform more often abroad than in the Czech Republic doesn't surprise anyone these days. Every year the band tour all over Europe and they even have their own fanclubs in Denmark and Switzerland. They toured ...
Interviews
09.30.2006
Chely Wright may not have charted as many hit records as some other female artists, but she still is one of the most unique personalities in country music. Chely is known for her highly emotional songwriting and persistant support of American troops ...
Interviews
09.30.2006
Lynn Anderson is best known for her crossover megahit "Rose Garden" but her career counts way more great achievement. A former rival of Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn got a Grammy award in 1971 and that same year was named the CMA ...
Interviews
07.23.2006
The Country Sisters are practically the only country band representing the Czech Republic abroad. For the third year in a row the band members are: Sonia Kocianova - bass guitar, Lenka Vokalova - vocals, keyboards, Linda Jarosova - fiddle, Zuzka ...
Interviews
06.24.2006
Rosanne Cash was one of the most successful female artists of the 80's, scoring a total of 11 #1 hits. She was headlining the Porta Festival in the Czech Republic, where I interviewed her about her memories of her first visit to Prague in 1978, ...
Interviews
10.04.2005
George Hamilton IV, a former pop megastar, had a major pop hit with "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" in 1956 and toured with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holy and the Everly Brothers for several years. In 1959 George IV followed his heart and moved to Nashville, ...
Interviews
01.29.2005
Rattlesnake Annie is a unique singer/songwriter with her roots in the tribe of Cherokee. Early in her career she got to perform on the Grand Ole Opry with Mother Maybelle Carter and Roy Accuff as a member of the Galimore Sisters. In the 60's she was ...
Interviews
01.29.2005
Mark Chesnutt is a genuine treasure in country music and became a superstar right after his amazing debut in 1990. Early in his career he was called ""Human Jukebox" as he knew thousands of songs by heart. He scored 14 NO1 hits during his first 10 ...
Interviews
02.21.2004
Michael Peterson was one of the most succesful newcomers in 1997-1998. His trademark smile, genius songwriting skills and great tunes such as "Drink, Swear, Steal And Lie", "From Here To Eternity" and "Too Good To Be True" soon earned him vast ...
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