Presented by Bryan Burnett, Brand New Country is a real mixed bag of music with a country feel.
resented by Bryan Burnett, Brand New Country is a real mixed bag of music with a country feel.Over the next few weeks Bryan will be talking to Martina McBride, Willy Vlautin from Richmond Fontaine, The Handsome Family and Tom Russell. There'll also be music from The Nashville Acoustic All Stars (Rob Ickes, Noam Pickelny & Cary Dreissen) and Carrie Rodriguez.Brand New Country Producer, Karen Miller,made her annual pilgrimage to Austin, TX for SXSW. You can read all about it at her own website The Miller Tells Her Tale , just select SXSW 2007 from the left hand menu.On 14th January we recorded a very special castle concert with Grammy award winner & current Grammy Nominee - Jim Lauderdale, at his ancestral home, Thirlestane Castle in Lauder. It was a very special night for Jim and a great show. It will be broadcast on Brand New Country on 13th April to mark Jim's 50th birthday. It's a beautiful castle and well worth a visit when it reopens for the summer season in April. Check the Thirlestane Castle website for more details. The house concert was broadcast on Brand New Country in April.
Photograph © Karen Miller 2007The Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival in January was the source of many more interviews & sessions - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Crooked Still, a live appearance on Brand New Country on 2nd February by Julie Roberts and Jace Everett and house concert by Jon Randall and Jim Lauderdale.
The Jon Randall house concert was amazing, recorded in a very intimate setting in front of a small but enthusiatic audience Jon and fiance Jessi Alexander performed for 2 hours. This was broadcast in March.
Photograph © Karen Miller
The programme is renowned for it's guests, live music and sessions. We've had interviews and live music from Jon Randall & Jessi Alexander, Patty Griffin, Mary Gauthier, Todd Snider, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Korby Lenker, Mark Erelli, Kevin Montgomery, Al Perkins, Loomer, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Eliza Gilkyson, Griffin House. Tift Merritt, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Brad Paisley, Nickel Creek, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Slaid Cleaves & Gurf Morlix, Jeff Finlin, Darden Smith, John Prine, Dierks Bentley, Jace Everett, Tim O'Brien w/ John McCusker, kd lang and Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Kris Kristofferson, Kenny Rogers, Josh Turner, Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin, The Be Good Tanyas, James McMurtry, Robinella, Solomon Burke , Brian Houston, Jim Lauderdale, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Handsome Family, Nanci Griffith, AHAB, Hazey Janes, Richmond Fontaine, Devon Sproule, Tom Russell and Martina McBride.
On 18 January 2006, Bryan Burnett was named CMA International Country Broadcaster 2005. The award "recognizes outstanding achievement by radio broadcasters outside North America who have made important contributions for the development of Country Music in their country" and previous UK winners include Nick Barraclough and Bob Harris.
Bryan received his award at BBC Scotland headquarters in a surprise "This is Your Life" - style presentation from CMA Horizon Award Winner Dierks Bentley, attended by BBC executives and colleagues from the independent Neon Productions who produce the programme for Radio Scotland.
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