Country Music Magazines

Country magazines from research don’t seem to have very much advertised on its front cover. It isn’t busy and cluttered, filled with as much information as possible which, main-stream magazines such as ‘Kerrang’ or others do. The magazines seem calm and don’t try to grab viewer attention with packed covers, bold colors and font that stands out aggressively. It’s a style of magazine, of music, which appeals to a much smaller target market group than ‘Kerrang’ so they don’t try to compete with that, keeping it styled in the way that would attract their own TMG. I've also noticed, especially with "Southern Country" magazine, that the front pages or even possibly the entire magazine, aren't as edited and polished looking as others are. For example, "Kerrang" wouldn't just use the cover image of this "Southern Country" magazine. It would seem too wide a picture, too filled with people to go on the cover - they would probably just feature it elsewhere in the magazine or even in the contents page.
The magazines seem to be very patriarchal, using their own country's color's - which is usually American. "Up Country's" Name is designed like the American flag. "Southern Country" is a mixture of British and American and have used their natural colors, It is all very real. It makes other magazines seem artificial, makes them look very styled and fake.
Even 'Up Country' which is the most modern, fashionable country magazine I have seen, is very natural. The image is of a girl standing in woods with a pretty dress and little make-up. They articles are in small font, making them seem less. Nothing is bold enough to stand out and grab viewers attention. I was surprised to see the British flag flying on the page - I stereotyped country music to be practically all American. I would like my magazine to contrast this - be country but in more of an attractive way.