Country music Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Japan and Asia=== [[File:Charlie Nagatani (3466850369).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Charlie Nagatani]] performing at the ''[[Grand Ole Opry]]'']] In [[Japan]], there are forms of J-country and J-western similar to other [[J-pop]] movements, [[Japanese hip hop|J-hip hop]] and [[Japanese rock|J-rock]].<ref name="Kitazawa 2019">{{cite web | last=Kitazawa | first=Yosuke | title=Y'All Come: Japan's Country Music Scene | website=PBS SoCal | date=September 11, 2019 | url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/country-music/yall-come-japans-country-music-scene | access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="AFAR Media 2020">{{cite web | title=Honky-Tonk Tokyo | website=AFAR Media | date=July 7, 2020 | url=https://www.afar.com/magazine/in-tokyo-japan-country-music-finds-an-audience | access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref> One of the first J-western musicians was Biji Kuroda & The Chuck Wagon Boys, other vintage artists included Jimmie Tokita and His Mountain Playboys, The Blue Rangers, Wagon Aces, and [[Tomi Fujiyama]].<ref name="Kitazawa 2019"/> J-country continues to have a dedicated following in Japan, thanks to Charlie Nagatani, Katsuoshi Suga, J.T. Kanehira, Dicky Kitano, and Manami Sekiya.<ref name="Kitazawa 2019"/> Country and western venues in Japan include the former annual Country Gold which were put together by Charlie Nagatani, and the modern honky tonks at [[Little Texas (Tokyo restaurant)|Little Texas]] in Tokyo and Armadillo in [[Nagoya]].<ref name="Nerozzi 2020">{{cite web | last=Nerozzi | first=Timothy | title=Clocking up the years with Charlie Nagatani, Japan's country king | website=The Japan Times | date=January 16, 2020 | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/01/16/music/charlie-nagatani-japan-country-king/ | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="KPRC 2021">{{cite web | title=See inside the Little Texas Bar and Grille in Tokyo | website=KPRC | date=August 8, 2021 | url=https://www.click2houston.com/video/news/2021/08/08/see-inside-the-little-texas-bar-and-grille-in-tokyo/ | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="θ΅€εγ«γ³γγͺγΌγγ₯γΌγΈγγ― γ©γ€γγγ¦γΉ">{{cite web | title=θ΅€εγ«γ³γγͺγΌγγ₯γΌγΈγγ― γ©γ€γγγ¦γΉ | website=θ΅€εγ«γ³γγͺγΌγγ₯γΌγΈγγ― γ©γ€γγγ¦γΉ | url=http://www.countryhouse-tokyo.com/sp/link.html | language=ja | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref> In [[India]], there is an annual concert festival called "Blazing Guitars"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2158484.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011005/http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2158484.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |title=Country Roads |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> held in [[Chennai]] brings together Anglo-Indian musicians from all over the country (including some who have emigrated to places like Australia). The year 2003 brought home-grown Indian, [[Bobby Cash (singer)|Bobby Cash]] to the forefront of the country music culture in India when he became India's first international country music artist to chart singles in Australia. In the [[Philippines]], country music has found their way into Cordilleran way of life, which often compares the [[Igorot]] lifestyle to that of US cowboys. [[Baguio]] City has an FM station that caters to country music, [[DZWR]] 99.9 Country, which is part of the [[Catholic Media Network]]. Bombo Radyo Baguio has a segment on its Sunday slot for Igorot, Ilocano and country music. And as of recently, [[DWUB]] occasionally plays country music. Many country music musicians tour the [[Philippines]]. [[Original Pinoy Music]] has influences from country. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page