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Country. Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life.
Country rock. Country pop (also known as urban cowboy) is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience. Country pop music blends genres like rock, pop, and country, continuing similar efforts that began in the late 1950s, known originally ...
Outlaw country. Outlaw country[2] is a subgenre of American country music created by a small group of iconoclastic artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s, known collectively as the outlaw movement, who fought for and won their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of the era.
Nashville sound. The Nashville sound is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the 1950s in Nashville, Tennessee. It replaced the dominance of the rough honky tonk music with "smooth strings and choruses", "sophisticated background vocals" and "smooth tempos" associated with traditional pop. [1][2] It was an attempt "to revive ...
Progressive country is a term used variously to describe a movement, radio format or subgenre of country music [1] which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a reaction against the slick, pop -oriented Nashville sound. [4][6] Progressive country artists drew from Bakersfield and classic honky-tonk country and rock and roll, [4] as ...
Alternative country. Americana; Cowpunk/Country-punk; Gothic country; Roots rock; Australian country. Bush band; Bakersfield sound; Bluegrass. Old-time bluegrass/Appalachian bluegrass ...
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 ...
As is the case with rock music (where classic rock, mainstream rock, and active rock all have varying amounts of older music), country music stations also can vary in the amount of "classic" content in their playlist, and formats exist for such stations. In addition to pure "classic country" stations, which play little to no current or ...