There is simply no dearth of talent in the UK country music genre. And there are plenty of events and festivals to showcase those talents all over the UK. Here are a select few listed for you.
2012 Rockfield Country Music Festival – 1 to 4 June 2012
Towerfest 2012, an open air country music festival – 15 to 17 June 2012
Norfolk Country Music festival - 26 to 29 July 2012
Await more updates to this list!
Are you a fan of country music? Then you must have ready access to listings of country music events in the UK. Here’s a ready reckoner on upcoming country music events – check out LondonNet’s Music tickets.
Note that there are helpful indications on the number of tickets still up for grabs.
Where can you download music legally? If you are a sincere and responsible country music fan, this question must certainly have bothered you frequently.
Here is a page that lists the resources for internet users who wish to download music legally – see the Guardian’s listing of licensed retailers and other suppliers. You will get links to several of the major sources. The list is not exhaustive.
Here’s an interesting resource for country music fans – Rural TV, “The World’s Rural Channel,” which was launched worldwide from the UK early in 2009. This is a 24/7 online channel available online through the RURAL/RFD-TV Country Club. The channel’s purpose is to serve the needs and interests of country people.
Catch all of Rural TV’s country music and entertainment programmes. You’ll become a fan of country music for life!
Here’s an easy online option for Country music fans to ensure that they do not miss country and folk music events taking place anywhere in the UK. You can easily look for the event, check the dates, and book your tickets online. On date, you can see details of as many as 389 events. Which means that you can make your plans conveniently and well in advance.
What’s more, you can locate events by your postcode. This means that you will not miss events taking place in your neighbourhood. Go ahead and look for your country music tickets right away.
If you are a fan of a particular kind of music, you can probably never have enough of it.
Here are some resources from the Net for country music fans. Some of the sources let you listen for free or download for free. Plenty of other sources levy nominal charges for you to instantly download your favourite music.
Amazon.co.uk is a great source for you to find albums of your preferred musician or singer. Browse the Amazon Country MP3 Music Downloads section and start listening right away. Check out the range of top MP3 albums starting £3. What’s more – Read the rest of this entry »
Voice of Country (VoC) is a country music service that operates from Nashville, Tennessee. The service offers commercial-free music continuously, online. Since the service is supported by music fans, there is a nominal monthly subscription fee that a listener needs to pay.
Once you become a listener, you can access VoC live, anywhere, anytime!
As a staunch supporter and fan of country music in the UK, you are likely to be quite willing to support your local country music club. One of the ways you can do that is by subscribing to magazines that provide plenty of useful information on your favourite genre, upcoming gigs, new releases and much more.
Southern Country Magazine calls itself “an every day story of country music folk on the UK scene”. Well into its 33rd year of publication, the publishers dedicate its pages to the endurance and longevity of live country music in the UK. Find out how you can subscribe to this magazine that is published from Alresford, Hampshire.
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It is possible to set up radio stations on the Worldwide Web using Internet Radio servers. Plenty of music enthusiasts from all over the world have set up radio stations and made them available through such servers.
If you are a fan of the radio and music in general, you will enjoy listening to internet radio. Here’s one such service where you can select your favourite genre from several listings – InternetRadio – Country Radio Stations (links to country music in particular).
Mark your calendars – here is a list of a few country music festivals in the UK this year.
4 – 6 March – Stanwix Park Holiday Centre, Cumbria
4 – 7 March – Butlins CM Weekend, Somerset
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