Of course, when criticising country music, people always jump on the small percentage - and getting smaller very year - of sentimental type songs; but, of course, in that respect country music is merely carrying on the music hall sentimental ballad tradition.
There is no doubt that currently country music is producing an absolutely stunning list of great musicians and songwriters, and Nashville has become the first choice destination for many of the top recording artists across all the various popular music genres.