The Road To Country Calling Competition - 2026
The UK-CMA is proud to announce that, as an official industry partner of Country Calling Festival, we are hosting a “stage takeover” session!
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State of the (UK Country Music) Nation - 2025
In this article UK-CMA looks back on 2025 to review the state of country music in the UK, and the question of how well UK-based artists are faring against their (mainly American) counterparts.
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UK-CMA Radio Show Launches!
We're delighted to announce the start of our new, monthly UK-CMA Radio Show!
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Don't just Fund it- Fix it - Mark Davyd (MVT)
The Music Venue Trust is a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues.In this article Mark, puts forward ways we can help the grassroots sector survive and thrive.
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PRS Publish Guide to Festival Applications
PRS For Music have just published a guide for festival applications alongside a list of festivals with open applications.
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Rocking the DJ
Chris Smith, long time country DJ offers some advice on getting your music played on local radio...
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Meet The Team - Geoff Meads
With a background in music and AV technology Geoff is the UK-CMA's Director of Technology, looking after the organisation's IT (including this website...). He also oversees the technical side of our Academy education. But how did he get here?
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'The Road to Country Calling' Competition 2025!
The UK-CMA is proud to announce it is an official industry partner of Country Calling Festival! To celebrate, we’re launching an exciting opportunity for emerging UK country artists...
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Meet The Team - Hannah Roper
As Director of Education for the UK-CMA, Hannah is the driving force behind the organisations personal development programme. So what drives Hannah in her quest to help artists and others in the UK country music scene?
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