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Bookmark or Share- Country on Apple MusicLike any great living tradition, country music is passed from one generation to the next, changing and growing with each new crop of fans. And that evolution occurs at an ever-increasing pace: not only are the sounds coming out of Nashville today a far cry from the twangy stuff that your parents (or their parents) called country, there's a good chance it barely resembles the country that your older siblings loved.
- Country music | Last.fmCountry music is generally characterized by its use of the guitar and its heavily-accented vocals describing life's hardships. A common joke runs that if one plays a country song backwards, the singer's child recovers from an illness, he gets his job back, his wife returns to him and his dog isn't run over by a car.
- Country music | Definition, Artists, History, & Facts | Britannicacountry music, also called country and western, style of American popular music that originated in rural areas of the South and West in the early 20th century. The term country and western music (later shortened to country music) was adopted by the recording industry in 1949 to replace the derogatory label hillbilly music.
- Today’s Country on Apple MusicThough their origin spans continents and reaches back centuries, murder ballads, with their popularity within foundational genres like blues and folk, are part of American music’s DNA. While many such songs feature a jilted man killing the woman he loves, HARDY’s entry into the canon, the hit single “wait in the truck,” refreshingly sets its sights on an abuser.
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