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the website for Americana and Roots music in Scotland visit

Take a look at 10 year old Brendan MacFarlane singing live at Clearwater Studios in his home town of Perth, Scotland.

Great wee singer I am impressed

Home To Me by Hank Williams

I Got A Woman by Ray Charles

Hi all,
The two links listed below, are previews of a new British country music TV channel which is due to start in a few months time.   The channel is there to promote British country music and has a working title of The Bunkhouse.

We are also looking for acts to come to the studio and make a contribution for our second series of programmes which will be based on Country Gospel.

I would be grateful should you be able to let any country fans know about this and for any feedback or information regarding interested parties.

Kevin R Bowes Producer / Director

http://www.revver.com/

http://www.spotlight-studio.co.uk/

On 18th October 2008, a special event will be held in Tameside, Greater Manchester.

This will be an “all-day event”, from 1:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.,  and will feature 4 of the best 4/5-piece country bands from the North of Britain, with 6 hours of live country music.

The idea for the event came from various discussions during 2007, to try and increase the general awareness and acceptability of modern British Country Music not only to the present Country audiences, but also to music lovers in general.
The bands have been chosen to provide a good variation of modern country music, with an emphasis on self-penned music and the lesser-performed material, which should appeal to a wide range of music tastes, and hopefully will go some way toward changing the general perception of Country Music in Britain.

The bands in order of appearance will be:
Settlers Creek, a 4-piece band from Blackpool, playing modern country covers, and including a selection of the band’s original material. 
Brian Hughes and the Lonesharks, a 5-piece band (guitars, drums and keyboard) from Scotland, playing mainly original material from Brian, with a few covers.
Buchanan , a 5-piece band (guitars, drums and steel guitar) from Manchester, playing mainly the band’s original material (including tracks from their 2007 album of the year – “The Picture”)
Raising Cain, a 5-piece Country Rock band (guitars, drums and keyboard), from Cumbria and the North East, playing a unique selection of covers, with a number of the band’s originals.
Each of the bands are recording a new CD, and all are expected to be available during late summer.

The venue is the George Lawton Hall, Mossley, Tameside (OL5 0HR), situated in East Manchester, near Oldham, with easy access from the local motorway network.. There will be a fully licensed bar, large dance floor, with hot & cold food available.

Advance bookings for the event are now being taken, at £15 adult and £8 for accompanied children (11-16).
For more details, contact Trevor or Lynne on 01457 833421, or see the website – www.cbcm2008.co.uk

Brian Hughes and the LoneSharks

Brian Hughes are without doubt one of the UK's finest original material ‘Americana' bands.

From the beautiful shores of Loch Lomond, Scotland, they have established themselves as a ‘hot ticket act' in the UK festival scene where they have set the standard in original material shows, and are now viewed as contenders for the ‘Next Big Thing'.

With three successful album releases behind them, and a fourth currently in production, Brian's songs are the rock on which the live performance is built. Wonderful musicianship accompanied with professional attitude and commitment guarantees no one leaves a LoneShark show not impressed, this being clearly evident by the evergrowing fanbase.

The songs have been recognised by leading US music house Atlanta Music Group who immediately offered Brian a songwriter contract. He was thereafter invited to travel Stateside to play shows in Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta. Georgia.

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