Novelty songs aren’t as popular among country music artists or fans as they once were. As a result, we don’t hear them as often anymore. So, let’s dig into the genre’s past and listen to ...

The song spent seven weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart, including two weeks at No. 1 on the all-genre Hot 100 in 1959, and later earned Robbins a Grammy in 1961 for the recording.

And in the world of country, which has a long tradition of women performing songs about divorce and domesticity, Ballerini’s “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” is up for the genre’s best album.

In the spirit of the upcoming Canadian Country Music Association Awards, we asked Canadians to share their favourite country songs of all time. The responses painted a wide-ranging picture of what ...

Ballerini is part of a long lineage of women in country making music about divorce and heartbreak — running the gamut in tone from vengeful to celebratory. Marissa R. Moss, author of “Her Country: How ...