Though Nashville remains the cradle of country, Canada has a pretty long history with it too, taking the styles and sounds of its Southern neighbors 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, acclaimed singer-songwriter Colter Wall drops a new single, the loose and groovy “1800 Miles.” The track marks Wall’s first release since his celebrated 2023 album Little Songs, and it finds the Saskatchewan native taking Nashville and the commercial country music industry to task. Sung in Wall’s singular baritone, the song is a gently loping takedown of the “flashing lights and rhinestone clothes” that characterize the culture of Music Row, with the kind of prominent pedal steel and harmonica that rarely makes it onto modern country radio airwaves. Listen to it now and add Canada’s Country to your library to stay up on the songs shaping the future of country music.