Mark Hagen

One of the UK’s leading country media producers for over 30 years, Mark is a multi- CMA award winner who has worked with every leading figure in the genre and beyond. He is a former CMA Bord member, a Grammy, TRICS, Golden Rose of Montreux & BCMA winner and still wonders why. As a journalist his work has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Mojo, and many more; as a TV producer he oversaw Top of the Pops 2 for over a decade and most recently produced the BBC’s coverage of the Rolling Stones’ 60th Anniversary. He produces the Blues & Country Shows for BBC Radio 2, and is responsible for the rest of the station’s country music coverage including C2C, CMA Music Fest and the CMA Awards.