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Vernon hears about what's making you smile on Good News Wednesday, plus more from country music star Ashley McBryde who is our guest all this week on Tracks Of My Years.

Vernon hears about what's making you smile on Good News Wednesday, plus more from country music star Ashley McBryde who is our guest all this week on Tracks Of My Years and we delve into the BBC archives for Vernon's Vault.

Born in Arkansas, USA, in 1983, Ashley McBryde grew up playing her father's guitar before being given her own and had written her first song by the age of 12. In the mid-00s she moved to Nashville and worked at a guitar shop whilst performing at as many gigs and open-mic nights as possible. In 2016 she released the EP Jalopies & Expensive Guitars, which was discovered by musician Eric Church and playing on tour with him led to her first management deal. In 2017 she performed at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time and had her first Grammy nomination. In 2018 she released her debut album, Girl Going Nowhere, to critical acclaim. In 2023 she won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for her duet with Carly Pearce on the song Never Wanted To Be That Girl - which goes alongside five more nominations as well as several major country music awards. Last year she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall as part of the historic Grand Ole Opry: Live in London show, hosted by Vernon. She now releases her fifth studio album, Wild, at the start of this month.

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Music Played

  • Alexander O’Neal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.

  • Shakira

    Whenever, Wherever

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Jungle

    Carry On

    • (CD Single).
    • Caiola Records.

  • Janet Jackson

    When I Think Of You

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
    • 7.

  • Billy Joel

    The River Of Dreams

    • NOW That's What I Call Gold (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Baby Don't Change Your Mind

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Lady Gaga & Doechii

    Runway

    • The Devil Wears Prada 2 O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Learning To Fly

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Duran Duran

    Free to Love (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tape Modern.

  • Craig David

    Fill Me In

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Laufey

    Madwoman

    • A Matter Of Time: The Final Hour.
    • Vingolf Recordings.
    • 16.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Charlie Puth

    Love In Exile (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)

    • Whatever's Clever!.
    • Atlantic.

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Midnight Sky

    • Plastic Hearts.
    • RCA.

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World

    • Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down.
    • Fontana.

  • Paul McCartney

    Home To Us (feat. Ringo Starr)

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Tanya Tucker

    Some Kind of Trouble

    • The Most Awesome Line Dance Album, Volume 5.
    • 002.

  • Niall Horan

    Little More Time

    • Dinner Party.
    • Capitol.

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  • Wednesday09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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