Im an American and I'm curious if anyone in the UK listens to country music. Be it either American country, or if you create your own country music....just curious if that genre exists over there.
2006-08-09 02:00:03 · 15 answers · asked by lilblondiebear 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It does exist over here but not to the same extent that it does in the US. It's certainly not what you could consider to be mainstream music but there is a healthy 'country and western' scene with pubs (bars) and clubs (also bars) catering for people with this taste in music.
There is UK country music but it's modelled to a large extent on US country music, so for all intents and purposes the two are one and the same.
In the US there are many radio stations devoted solely to country music but this isn't so in the UK - partly because there's a lot less radio stations but primarily because there isn't the demand.
I couldn't put figures on it but I'd say that for every 1 country music fan in the UK there are probably 10 or 20 in the US.
2006-08-09 02:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 11⤊ 1⤋
There is quite a large following for American country and alt-country music, but the former is often considered to be a bit old fashioned and for middle aged people, whereas the latter is thought of in the main as more cool, if quirky. Additionally, there are many many line dancing clubs up and down the UK, but that's a whole other story. I don't know of any truly indigenous 'country' music here, except maybe for folk music.
2006-08-09 09:07:40 · answer #2 · answered by inquisitor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The genre only exists in the sense that we have American imports/exports (depends which way you look at it!) but there are, as far as I'm aware, no British country artists. And the popularity of the music is limited, possibly as a result if a lack of home-grown talent.
2006-08-09 09:05:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do get some US contry music but it not often played on radio. That Achey Breaky Heart song was sort of popular and I have a few Kenny Rogers cd.
The UK equivalents are folk music and folk-rock. They are not very popular genres nowerdays but there are some great folk music festivals. Bands like Steel Eyespan and Fairport Convention are good examples of folk bands.
2006-08-09 09:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do have county music but you can only listen to it if your a farmer and you can recite the complete Worzels, I've got a brand new combine harvester song. Now that's real country music.
Yeeha
2006-08-09 09:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by Wheelspinin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does exist and a lot of people listen to it. There's loads of line-dancing classes here too, it's mainly confined to the older generations though.
2006-08-09 09:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, country music is very much an America-only thing. We know of it here, but very, very few people like it (mostly just old people).
2006-08-09 09:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen those Dixie Chicks in action on the news cos they pissed off your president once.Apart from a few eccentric truckers wearing cowboy hats,you dont get much c&w in the U.K.
2006-08-09 09:05:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live in da uk! country not very popular!
2006-08-09 09:05:16 · answer #9 · answered by woggined 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does, Thursday night in the Allies and we are rockin along.
2006-08-09 09:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋