A new star is born...let's help her reach the top!

Ever wanted to be in the right place at the right time when a star is born?

Well, last Friday night it was the City Fans United Promotion Party celebrating Chester FC's debut season since reformation by the fans that saw the Championship being lifted, but amongst the celebrations was an 8 year old girl, who may just end up being the next BIG star.

When Courtney Clare took to the stage not many had heard the voice of the youngster, who was at the event as part of Daryl Clare's family - Daryl being a modern day legend, as Chester FC fans will testify, as it was he who scored many goals to help Chester City (the former club) win promotion from non league football back to League football before all the problems began.

We'd heard of Courtney's singing abilities on the Seals Podcast - for those who don't know - is the club's official podcast that is run by local community station Lache FM - and they had played a couple of songs that Courtney had put together, Danny Boy, and Ave Maria.

So, on Friday night, the audience attending the awards ceremony were treated to a performance by 8 year old Courtney, who turned 9 the day after, and after finishing both songs received a standing ovation by the 400+ audience - and well deserved too.

Upon speaking to daryl further it had transpired that Courtney would have attended an audition for Britain's Got Talent - for those reading this in the US I'm sure you know the equivalent America's Got Talent - as mentioned she would have auditioned had it not been for a clash of dates which meant she missed out in 2011, but 2012 could very well be the year that Courtney takes centre stage, but why wait that long?

Indeed, knowing how You Tube tends to send this worldwide at a rapid rate, we had Courtney's performance filmed and it appears on the Chester FC You Tube Channel - this really could be the start of something very special indeed, as Courtney will surely get better and better as time goes on, but why not start the ball rolling now and make her a world star - so for everyone reading this...get it on your facebook, send it out to all friends, and let's make little Courtney a star!

Having spoken to her on Friday night she is so full of confidence, and wouldn't it be great if we could all back her to success now?

It worked with Susan Boyle a couple of years ago when the video of her performance went worldwide, so let's see what we can do for Courtney - send it on to as many people as you know!

Let's see if we can make a million hits for starters - she deserves the break, and I'm sure we'll see a lot lot more of Courtney as time goes on!

See Courtney singing here!

What does the world think of British music?

Having witnessed Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle singing Wild Horses on American TV, I was wondering what the world thought of music to come out of the UK?

There are lots of examples of course, ranging from The Rolling Stones to Oasis, the likes of Elton John, who is of course constantly over in Las Vegas performing. Then there was of course, Queen, who had a legendary status over here.

Does British music tend to make it's way over to the US and beyond, or is it all pretty limited to our shores?

Leona Lewis was of course an X-Factor winner a couple of years ago, and seemed to have a bright future ahead of her, and more than likely still does, even though it's gone a bit quite recently, I guess we'll get the usual release at Christmas, as she attempts to be Christmas Number One once again.

But what do you really think of our music, do you like it?

Do you buy or download a lot of British music?

Having tried my hand as a radio presenter in my younger days, I would be interested to hear your views on whether we're on the way up, or on the way down in terms of music popularity across the world.

Does Susan Boyle float your boat?

So, what's your view?