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This is a list of music subgenres of country music. Alternative country. Americana; Cowpunk/Country-punk; ... Traditional country; Truck-driving country; Western ...
The term has tended to replace folk music, which has come to refer to European and Indian rural genres and contemporary American styles based upon these. The term ethnic music , which gave rise to the discipline of ethnomusicology , has also tended to give way to the term "traditional".
The Carter Family, rural country-folk from Poor Valley, Virginia, known for hits like "Wildwood Flower", recorded the first commercially released country music records under producer Ralph Peer in Bristol, Tennessee. The Carter Family are regarded as the "First Family of Country Music", and founders of country music, along with Jimmie Rodgers.
1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
Artists popularizing more traditional country music in Sweden have been Ann-Louise Hanson, Hasse Andersson, Kikki Danielsson, Elisabeth Andreassen and Jill Johnson. In Poland an international country music festival, known as Piknik Country, has been organised in Mrągowo in Masuria since 1983. The number of country music artists in France has ...
Traditional music by country (8 C, 4 P) + European folk music (29 C) ... Pages in category "Folk music by country" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of ...
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The table of years in country music is a tabular display of all years in country music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year.