Canada’s Country

Though Nashville remains the cradle of country, Canada has a pretty long history with it too, taking the styles and sounds of its Southern neighbours and applying its own rustic, regional spin. Honky-tonk, outlaw ballads, beat-driven pop crossovers—these songs represent a cross-section of Canada’s best modern country. This week, Wes Mack drops a new single, the soulful and nostalgic “Where the Lost Get Found”. The Calgary-born singer-songwriter wrote “Where the Lost Get Found” with fellow Canadian artist Zach McPhee and production duo The Renaissance, finding inspiration for the wistful, stomp-clap-inspired track after life threw him, as he puts it, “a handful of curveballs all at once”, which led him to move to a small rural town in BC. “Living out in the middle of nowhere and putting everything into writing changed my outlook,” Mack says. “It reminded me of what I love most about country music. I realised I needed some things to fall apart before I could find that again.” Listen to it now and add Canada’s Country to your library to stay up on the songs shaping the future of country music.