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Media
TeamRock launches Country Music Magazine
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 9 September 2013
TeamRock, the rock media company set up earlier this year by the acquisition of Metal Hammer and Classic Rock magazines (and the latter’s various spin-off titles), and which also launched a radio service in June, has announced the launch of a new title, Country Music Magazine. It’s a magazine that’ll cover, well, country music, obviously. Launching this week, the first issue will include a special cover story on Johnny Cash, marking the tenth anniversary of his death.
Says the new mag’s Editor Ed Mitchell: “The magazine will feature the best writers, photographers, and will document Americana and roots music at its coolest, as well as exploring the lives and work of icons like Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Hank Williams; cult heroes like Guy Clark, The Derailers and Tony Joe White; and the cream of contemporary talent like Sturgill Simpson, Kacey Musgraves and Carrie Rodriguez. If it twangs, whines or breaks your heart, it’ll be in the pages of Country Music Magazine”.
The new quarterly magazine will be accompanied by a weekly two-hour show on the TeamRock radio station, every Sunday afternoon at 4pm hosted by Rob Hughes.
Commenting on it all, the firm’s Head Of Radio, Moose, told CMU: “TeamRock Radio’s goal is to represent all genres of rock, and country music is a massive beast that is generally ignored by UK commercial radio. Until now, that is. We hope the magazine and radio show will expose the genre to those who are really country fans but don’t yet know it, as well as providing a platform to the already converted. It’s an exciting time”.
