A country music radio show from the UK and presented by CMA member Ben Atkinson. Our show has been on the air for thirteen years and is broadcast on stations in the UK, Ireland and Australia. We feature the best in country, roots, Americana and bluegrass, plus there's News from Nashvill, This Week in Country Music History and the Billboard charts.

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Week of the 25th December 2023

In this New Year Special, Join Ben as he reflects on the year gone by and shares all the big highlights from 2023. There;s a run down of the big news stories, the best albums and award winning songs and a chance to hear clips from some of our favourite interviews conducted through the year. Don't miss it!

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Week of the 18th December 2023

It's time for our 2023 Christmas Special. Join Ben for a festive spectacular featuring all your favourite Christmas, winter and festive songs of the season from country, roots, Americana and bluegrass artists old and new. There are even some sleigh bells in the studio this year!

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Week of the 11th December 2023

Welcome along to this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show, starting out with a great song from Old Dominion, A Song For Another Time. This is the final regular show of the year, as we head into the festive period. We will have your This Week in Country Music History, the country music charts, and some great music from our artist of the month, Ashley McBryde.

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Week of the 4th December 2023

Brad Paisley and his Kung Pow Buackaroos open up the show this week. It's time for two hours of country music, roots, Americana and bluegrass. As we head towards the end of the year we continue to feature songs from Dolly Parton's Rockstar. There's an album of the week from Willie Nelson, Bluegrass and a new and final artist of the month for our 15th anniversary, Ashley McBryde. If that wasn't enough, we look ahead to the big tour dates in early 2024.

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Week of the 27th November 2023

Join Ben for this week's Ben's Country Music Show. Starting off with a classic track from The Eagles. This week on the show, we've got new music from Dolly Parton's record Rockstar, Waylon Jennings and album of the week for this week is Chris Stapleton's new album, Higher. There's also music from Tanya Tucker, Lonestar and Phil Vassar.

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Week of the 20th November 2023

Can I Be Country Too? Well find out on this week's show, with lots of great music from a range of country, roots, Americana and bluegrass artists. Our album of the week comes from Cody Johnson, his new record Leather. There's music from our artist of the month, Waylon Jennings, and a brand new record from Dolly Parton, it's Rockstar time!

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Week of the 13th November 2023

The show opens with Dierks Bentley and a song from his 2014 record Riser, Drunk on a Plane. There's two hours of the best in country music, roots, Americana and bluegrass and this week is no exception. There's a star interview of the week with Suzy Bogguss, talking about her new album and cookbook. Plus Suzy's album Prayin' For Sunshine is the album of the week. There's the country music charts, This Week in Country Music History and we will unpack the CMA Awards that took place last week in Nashville.

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Week of the 6th November 2023

Welcome along to this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show, now back from Nashville the team are reflecting on their recent trip to the US. It's a really packed show, with songs and stories related to the trip, and there's news for fans of Lainey Wilson. There's your country music charts, This Week in Country Music History and a brand new song from Cody Johnson.

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Week of the 30th October 2023

It's our 2023 CMA Awards Special on Ben's Country Music Show. Each year we dedicate one show to bringing you all the nominees for the upcomming CMA Awards and give you a chance to pick your winners each category. Check back in a couple of weeks to see how many you got right, and Ben will give you his predictions at the end of the show too!

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Week of the 23rd October 2023

On this week's show, the team head out to Nashville and while they're exploring Music City and reporting back, there's a chance to hear again some of the wonderful interviews and conversation we've had on the show over the past 15 years with singers, songwriters and artists from the UK and US including Bob Cheevers, Gretchen Peters, Chase Rice and more.

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