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Another Country with Ricky Ross

Music: Country: Experimental & New

Ricky Ross enters the landscape of Americana and alternative country

Ricky Ross enters the musical landscape of Americana and alternative country. Featuring new and classic tracks, with Ricky taking a closer look at the stories behind the songs

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Another Country with Ricky Ross: Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers

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Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers

BBC Radio Scotland - Another Country with Ricky Ross, Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers

Conversations with two big Country Music hit songwriters and Grammy Award winners.

Nashville songwriters Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers share the stories behind their songs that have been cut by Dixie Chicks, Rascal Flatts, Lee Ann Womack and Sara Evans.

Ricky is in Nashville discovering the songs, stories and history from the home of Country Music. Featuring conversations with Grammy Award winning songwriters Marcus Hummon and Tia Sillers. Between them, they've written big hit songs for Dixie Chicks, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack and Trisha Yearwood. Hear the real stories behind your favourite songs and what it's like to be a name in brackets.

Marcus Hummon was also the songwriter and member of The Raphaels, the final recording project of Scottish songwriter Stuart Adamson before his death. Marcus reveals what attracted Stuart to Nashville.

Tia Sillers wrote one of the biggest contemporary country-pop songs, I Hope You Dance which was recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Ronan Keating and Gladys Knight. She shares the personal stories that inspired her to write the song and why it continues to soundtrack people's lives.   

These are stories that will make you laugh, make you cry and will change the way you hear these songs.

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