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Derivative forms. Bluegrass, country. [1] Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland ), and to a lesser extent the music of Continental Europe .
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [ 1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. [ 2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time music, though in contrast to country, it is traditionally ...
Music genre. A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. [1] Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. [2]
Western music is a form of music composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Western music celebrates the lifestyle of the cowboy on the open range, along the Rocky Mountains, and among the prairies of Western North America. The genre grew from the mix of cultural influences ...
Alternative country. Americana; Cowpunk/Country-punk; Gothic country; Roots rock; Australian country. Bush band; Bakersfield sound; Bluegrass. Old-time bluegrass/Appalachian bluegrass ...
Truck-driving country music is a genre of country music [106] and is a fusion of honky-tonk, country rock and the Bakersfield sound. [107] It has the tempo of country rock and the emotion of honky-tonk, [107] and its lyrics focus on a truck driver's lifestyle. [108] Truck-driving country songs often deal with the profession of trucking and love ...
"Mountain Music" — a song melding the Southern rock and bluegrass genres — has variously been described by country music writers as "a modern country classic" and a song that "practically defined what country groups have strived to accomplish." According to Randy Owen's book Born Country, "Mountain Music" took him three years to write. He ...
v. t. e. The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British ...