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I just checked into EuroMax and EuroMix and if you have to listen to the programming in English you have to wait till Autumn 2000 before that is possible, according to their web site. There are other alternative such as the BBC and Deutche Welle and others in Europe each with their own websites and English service. RealAudio comes with the option of chosing any or all of these foreign services and that is how I have listened to them up to now. I'd be interested in checking on WRN as soon as they speak in a language I can understand!

April NetRadio.com newsletter! IN THIS EDITION: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 LISTEN * Cha, Cha, Cha - NetRadio Celebrates Cinco De Mayo in Style * New Channel - NetRadio.com 80s Country! LEARN * In The Studio - A conversation with Country music programmer Joe Devine * Earth Day Spins By the Studio for Some Fresh Air BUY * We Love You, Mom - With A Special Mother�s Day Giveaway * Today�s Ten Still Just $9.88 ------------------------- Viva El Cinco De Mayo! ------------------------- Salsa, Flamenco, Tropicalia, Tecano; Ricky, Jennifer, Carlos, Marc and more - Latin music is all about good times and good friends. And we have the mother of all Cinco De Mayo music tributes for you. During this sizzling holiday, NetRadio.com Latin and Earthbeat channels feature the best in Latin music past and present - including the artists leading the current Latin Invasion. Be sure to tune in to NetRadio during Cinco De Mayo for enough fiesta music flavors to make your ears tingle. http://www.netradio.com/channels/latin/index.html http://www.netradio.com/channels/earthbeat/index.html -------------------------------------------------- Step on over to 80s Country, NetRadio.com Style! -------------------------------------------------- From the Urban Cowboy craze that started the decade, to the "class of 89" that ushered in it's end, NetRadio.com�s newest channel, 80's Country, explores that eclectic decade of great country music from artists like Kenny Rogers, The Kendalls, Kathy Mattea, Randy Travis and Clint Black. http://www.netradio.com/channels/80scountry/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Be Nice To Your Mother, Part I. NetRadio Celebrates Earth Day 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------- From April 14th through April 26th NetRadio will be your Earth Day 2000 music headquarters. We�re proud to feature the musicians that have taken the time and energy to make a difference regarding environmental issues. This special recommendation page will give you your best chance to see who�s putting their best foot forward to improve the future of our planet for our children�s children. You can even find out what you do to help. Stop by! ---------------------------------------------------------- In The Studio: A conversation with NetRadio.com Country music programmer Joe Devine ---------------------------------------------------------- Joe Devine programs NetRadio.com�s 80s Country music channel. A 20-plus year veteran of the music business, he has programmed country music and country music stations and worked at top country record companies with music artists like Lorrie Morgan, John Anderson, Kenny Chesney, Lonestar and Mindy McCready. We recently caught up to Joe between trips to Nashville and settled in to talk country music: What are some of the best Country albums out there now? Here are some that immediately come to mind: Shania Twain, Come On Over This album has sold 14 million, which just blows me away! The first time I heard it, I admit, I questioned it. "Man I Feel Like A Woman" starts off with that big drum intro and then the guitars come in and it sounds kind of like Queen. I thought, �Man, I don�t know about this one -- But it just goes to show you! Dixie Chicks, Fly They could be a group that has a definite impact on the first part of this century in country music. They write most of their songs, they�re beautiful women and they�re good. This is their second album, and it outsold their first album by 6 million, which is extremely rare, and they did it without changing much of their sound. They deserve their success. Darryl Worley, Hard Rain Don�t Last He�s a brand new artist on the Dreamworks label. I just listened to his new album, and the seven tracks are just phenomenal. It's got a lot of meat and potatoes to it-A really good album. Merle Haggard, For The Record: 43 Legendary Hits Merle Haggard re-recorded 43 of his hits. These were number one songs and other big hits, and he did a few as duets, with Jewel, Alabama and others. I�m really not a big fan of reissues, since I�d rather hear the original versions of songs, but he took these songs and made them better. "Rainbow Song" was recorded live originally, it�s a ditty, just a fun uptempo song, but with this new version-he�s really having fun and you can hear it in his voice-he�s even laughing along as he sings. Tell us about what�s going on in country music There�s a saying that country is the "soundrack to the lives of blue-collar men and women," and that�s still true, although not as much today as it once was. Country music has changed every decade since the 1950�s, usually in response to what�s happening in rock or pop music. In the 50s "Great Balls Of Fire" charted #1 in rock n� roll and #2 in country for Jerry Lee Lewis. Today, he�s a country artist. Today most country music is recorded in Nashville, and they use session musicians. They�re great musicians, but they all have the same sound. Change is coming, from artists in what�s called alternative country. It�s everything from roots-rock to rockabilly, with artists like Junior Brown, who have a small but loyal following, and singer-songwriters like Jack Ingram, Jim Lauderdale and Sara Evans. There�s slowly a swing coming back to the country sound from pop. Tell us about programming the country channels at NetRadio.com I get email all the time about these decade-specific channels: 60s Country, 70s Country and 80s Country. They�re really the only place you will hear certain artists. One woman in France wrote that she liked the 60s country music but could never find it, or when she did it was something like $25 a CD. She heard the channel and found the music for $8-she was amazed! I make sure I stay true to the formats, keeping the music decade-specific in the channels. I don�t want it to sound like something you turn on in the car. It has to be of that era and still fresh. You�ll hear all the #1-#5 hits of those years, plus some songs that maybe didn�t have as much of an impact when they came out, but over the years became well known. One example is "Footlights" by Merle Haggard. It was a good song when it came out in 1981, but nothing like it is today. I recently saw a concert with Haggard and John Anderson, and when he did the song, there were 12,000 people singing along. It�s kind of a dark, downbeat song, but they knew all the words to it. Email Joe Devine with your comments at country@netradio.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Be Nice To Your Mother, Part II. Mother�s Day the Right Way ---------------------------------------------------------- She�s the best. And we�ll help you show her just how much you care with a great Mother�s Day gift package. Just tell us what makes your mom special in 30 words or less, and you may be one of 60 lucky winners to have fresh cut flowers from 1-800-flowers.com or gourmet chocolate brownies from Fairy Tale Brownies delivered right to your mom�s front door - for FREE! Entries for the Mother's Day gift contest are accepted at NetRadio beginning April 26th. Just follow the banner links from the NetRadio.com front page to the contest entry page. Contest ends May 10th, and NetRadio.com will notify winners no later than Friday, May 12, 2000. 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