Country music

Country music

Stylistic origins

Appalachian folk music,bluegrass, gospel, western swing, anglo-celtic music, old-time music, blues, Irish music

Cultural origins

1920s, Southern United States

Typical instruments

Vocals, guitar, drums, fiddle, bass guitar, mandolin, banjo,double bass, piano, keyboard,dobro, electric guitar, steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, harmonica

Derivative forms

Rock and roll, dansband, roots rock, southern rock, heartland rock

Subgenres

Bakersfield sound - Close harmony - Honky tonk- Jug band Lubbock sound - Nashville sound -Neotraditional country - Outlaw country - Red Dirt - Western swing - Texas country

Fusion genres

Alternative country - Country rock - Psychobilly- Rockabilly Gothabilly - Cowpunk - Country-rap - Country pop - Country soul Sertanejo -Southern soul

Other topics

Country musicians - List of years in country music

2014 in country music

Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in the rural regions of the [1] Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded [2] history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic [3][4][5] guitars, fiddles, and harmonicas. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music; it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, and second most popular in the morning commute in the United [6] States.