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 7th August 2023

Join Ben for this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show, opening up with a song from the Jason Isbell album Weathervanes, Save the World. Lots of new music to play on the show this week, including from Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, and more from our artist of the month for August the country band Midland. There's also your Country Music Charts, This Week in Country History and an interview from Nashville with Bryan Martin.

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Week of the 31st July 2023

It's quite often a bit of a Jukebox on Ben's Country Music Show, with a two hour mix of your favourite songs from country, roots, Americana and bluegrass each week. This week, we're taking you back to a classic country sound and we've got a brand new artist of the month for August, the country band Midland. New for fans of Taylor Swift, a new song from Luke Bryan, an acoustic song from Lainey Wilson and so much more!

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Week of the 24th July 2023

We're on the Red Dirt Road this week with Brooks and Dunn, released back in April 2003, the song starts the show for this week. There's two hours of the best in country music, roots, Americana and bluegrass for you to enjoy. There's new music from Chris Stapleton, Lori McKenna's album, 1989, is the record of the week and there's another new song from Tim McGraw's album 'Standing Room Only'.

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Week of the 17th July 2023

Brad Paisley opens this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show with his latest sing, 'So Many Summers'. There's a chance this week to listen again to some of the interviews recorded in Nashville during 2022, in anticipation of featured interviews from CMA Fest 50 in the weeks to come. You'll hear from Caitlyn Smith, MIchelle Wright, Alecia Nugent and more.

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Week of the 10th July 2023

Join Ben for this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show, featuring music from George Strait, Brandy Clark, Randy Travis and more. There's news from Dan + Shay, Josh Turner and Toby Keith, the 50th anniversary of CMA Fest and details of how you can catch the highlights. There's also your Country Music Charts, This Week in Country Music and Taylor Swift's re-recorded 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' is the album of the week.

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Week of the 3rd July 2023

This week on Ben's Country Music show, there's a chance to hear songs from our artist of the month for July, Morgan Wade. Plus the new album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Weathervanes, is the record of the week and Ben looks ahead to the Long Road Festival which will take place in Leicestershire next month and brings headliners Jon Pardi and Blackberry Smoke back to the UK. There's also a chance to hear about the Chicks and Maren Morris' recent UK tour, plus your country music charts and this week in history.

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Week of the 26th June 2023

Join Ben for this week's edition of Ben's Country Music Show. The team have returned from Nashville and now have more stories and more new music than you can easily fit into one programme. New songs from Brad Paisley, The Turnpike Troubadours, Jon Pardi and Tanya Tucker. Plus, your this week in history and the country music charts.

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Week of the 19th June 2023

Join Ben for a series of special programmes to the 15th anniversarry of Ben's Country Music Show. In this final programme, Ben brings together colleauges and friends from the academic community to discuss their research in the field of country music and Americana. Ben is joined by Robyn Shooter and James Barker, all three of them being current PhD students who's research topics consider some aspect of country music. There's also a specially currated playlist of songs picked by the group and stories behind some of their choices.

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Week of the 12th June 2023

Join Ben for a series of special programmes to the 15th anniversarry of Ben's Country Music Show. This week there's even more featured interviews from across the fifteen years the show has been on the air. You'll hear stories and music from: Charlie McCoy, Steve Bogard, Charlie Worsham, LANCO and Jerry Vandiver.

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Week of the 29th May 2023

Join Ben for a series of special programmes to the 15th anniversarry of Ben's Country Music Show. In this first episode, Ben looks back on fifteen years on air and talks about some of the interviews recorded over that time. You'll hear from friends of the show, old and new, including: Bob Cheevers, Gretchen Peters, Lynn Anderson and Logan Mize.

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