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Last Sunday night, Northgate transformed from
its typically wild weekend scene to something a
more low-key and relaxed. Barbecue pits,
domino tables, lawn chairs, mattresses and even
inflatable swimming pools sprung up on the prom
enade behind the Dixie Chicken.
The backyard-style gathering premiered the
Live from Northgate Show as it began its sea
son with a “Warm Weather Kick-Off Party” on
March 16 and featured musical artists Jason
Boland and Stoney LaRue.
Creator and host of the show Corbin
MacClaine said Live From Northgate is a free
live radio show that is recorded every Sunday
from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
“We try to bring live music to College
Station and provide a forum for artists to per
form their songs acoustically,” she said. “They
also get to hang out with the fans, and in turn,
the fans get to hang out with them.”
The show features country music and incor
porates the top ten country songs from the pro-
gressivecountry.com database tracking system.
Casey Mack, Web page designer for live-
fromnorthgate.com, said progressive country
differs from “Nashville country” because pro
gressive artists write their own songs.
“The music is the actual artist’s music ” he
said. “They wrote it, they sing it, they play and
they live it everyday. They aren’t going to play
something that some songwriter think-tank in
Nashville made up for them.”
Natalie Hovel, a senior journalism major,
said the Bryan-College Station area is very
supportive of progressive country.
“(Progressive country) artists know (we support
them) and they are appreciative of us,” she said.
This music is so popular with A&M students. So,
it works both ways, (the artists) get a great audi
ence and we get to hear the music we love.”
The live show is recorded during its first
hour and the second hour consists of artists
playing whatever they want and audience
members requesting songs.
After the songs are recorded, the show is
formatted and sent to more than 12 radio sta
tions in Texas.
“(The show) provides the artists with radio
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Live from Northgate features free country music concerts on Sunday nights. For more information, dates and events, log onto www.livefromnorthgate.com.
you look like,” she said. “At the end of the week-
exposure all over the state in just one stop,”
MacClaine said.
Audience members’ voices can also be
heard on the radio show.
“We pull people from the audience and have
them read stuff for the countdown,” MacClaine said.
Ashley Lockwood, a regular audience member
and senior speech communications major, said
she enjoys the laid back environment of the show.
“The music is free, you can bring your own
drinks and the best thing is that nobody cares what
end, no one feels like partying hard, so it’s a great
place to just have some fun with your friends.”
The show originally began as “The Back
Porch” but MacClaine had a vision of bigger
and better things. MacClaine and Matt
Matthews, production manager of Live From
Northgate, formed the Matthews/MacClaine
Agency, found some sponsors and created the
Live From Northgate show.
“I essentially had to go out and sell, a show
that didn’t exist and hope it worked after I got
the sponsorship,” MacClaine said. “It has got
ten bigger than my wildest dreams. Who
would have thought that this radio show would
still be thriving after three years?”
The show will run rain or shine throughout
the year, and Hurricane Harry’s has agreed to
host it if the weather is bad.
Several special events have been planned to
occur throughout the year, including a “Back to
School/Corbin’s Birthday Party” in August.
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