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Originally Posted by craneSpotter
Maybe true, and further I think it is just certain artists that bring country to the mainstream every so often, like Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line - Taylor has since transitioned to POP tho (probably listened to her own country music one day and said this is crap! lol)
Country does have regional pockets in Canada where the music is fairly popular - like the rural Canadian prairies (plus Calgary I think still and Sask cities too).
Overall Country has slipped below Latin music in popularity in North America now. Which is just one reason my kids will take Spanish in HS.
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Some parts of Canada predictably don't get much country music influence, notably Quebec. Most Country acts like Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, just to name a few, skipped that province on their tours this year.
But Country Music holds the fundamental traits that a lot of music today now has, If you can do Country music you can do just about any style of popular music with very few exceptions, Taylor Swift is good an example of this and of how International the genre is.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ent...rity/85332910/
America's Country Music Association indicate the genre is still a favourite in the United Kingdom with 39% of adults listening to the format.
Country2Country Music festival in England routinely draws 50,000.
Tamworth, Australia's Music festival is second largest Country festival on the planet.
Country Music is the most listened to drive home commute music listened to in the USA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
Two Saskatchewan Country Music artists/groups performed at the NHL Heritage Classic last weekend at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
Both the
Hunter Brothers from Shaunavon, SK and
Jess Moskaluke from Langenburg, SK are Country artists and were at the hockey game for live performances & reportedly one of them did the national anthem, I couldn't find an actual video for the singing of the national anthem at the hockey game last Saturday night, but found Blue Jays Baseball games National Anthems from each of them, acapella style of course.
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