country music

Canada’s most famous gay country singer has cultivated intrigue—and heaps of fans—with his singular look and made-up name. What’s true about the man behind the mask? 

In a riding that expects its MPs to deliver, George Canyon battles the knock that, politically speaking, he’s all hat and no ranch

The songstress reflects on a long career ahead of her newest album, Now, coming out Sept. 29

With her new album hitting number one, country music legend Dolly Parton prepares for a Canadian tour

Injuries forced Chad Brownlee out of the game he loved, and into something else that needs courage and commitment: country music

Country legend Loretta Lynn on what she learned from Patsy Cline, why she’s not a feminist, and whom she wants for president

Meet the new breed of indie country outlaws who are rescuing the genre from a plague of tailgates and halter tops

Country finds its new star in a black Texan touring with Brad Paisley and channelling Patsy Cline

As far as Canada’s honky-tonks go, Ranchman’s Western bar in Calgary is ground zero for those with a little boot-scootin’ boogie in their step. This is what it’s like to go a little bit country on Ranchman’s dance floor.

Shania may still be most famous for her midriff, but her musical legacy is everywhere today—from Taylor Swift to TV’s ‘Nashville’

Shania Twain on overcoming dysphonia, how Huntsville, Ont. prepared her for Las Vegas, trying to forget Oprah, and her first tour in over a decade

Maclean’s presents an instalment in our patriotic video series designed to hone your skills, add to your already encyclopedic knowledge of this great country and generally make you a super-Canadian. In this edition: Country music star Corb Lund explains how to play the iconic Canadian ballad “Four Strong Winds.”