The Home Of Country and Irish Music

Ian Baikie

The Country Side of Irish Email: ian.baikie@btinternet.com Website: www.thecountrysideofirish.co.uk/ For a very long time I have been interested in Country and then Irish Music. Up to three years ago I had only a small collection and now its totaled to over 3000. It all really got going when I used to visit a open market which had a trader selling Irish Country Cd's. I started listening to the Irish Radio Stations on the Internet and still do. I got to know many Irish Singers and one of them, Frank Feery from Carrick-on-Shannon, suggested I start a Web-Site. I also found that the small unknown Artists had no mention on the World Wide Web which is why up to today my site does not feature any big names. My website promotes the one offs and has been a massive success as you will see from the check monitor. It has helped countless people get their music into Radio Stations. A year or two back, Pat Garrett asked me to consider doing a show through the Internet that do has been a great venture. I have been involved in the Railway Industry here in Somerset in the West of the UK, where having pass retirement age I continue to do so such is the love of the work and my enjoyment of the Irish Country music scene. Thank you Frank Feery a friend to this day, theres is nowhere in the world where people so helpful and friendly as those of Ireland.