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Australian folk music is the traditional music from the large variety of immigrant cultures and those of the original Australian inhabitants. Celtic , English, German and Scandinavian folk traditions predominated in the first wave of European immigrant music.
Australian music's early western history, was a collection of British colonies, Australian folk music and bush ballads, with songs such as "Waltzing Matilda" and The Wild Colonial Boy heavily influenced by Anglo-Celtic traditions, Indeed many bush ballads are based on the works of national poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson.
Most songs of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods originated in England, Scotland and Ireland and were brought over by early settlers. According to ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl, American folk music is notable because it "At its roots is an English folk song tradition that has been modified to suit the specific requirements of America."
Nueva canción (Spanish for 'new song') is a movement and genre within Latin American and Iberian folk music, folk-inspired music, and socially committed music. In some respects its development and role is similar to the second folk music revival in North America.
The two men compiled a book of Australian folk songs and Ives recorded an album 9 Australian Folk Songs in 1954, "collected and arranged" by Jones, which then became the raw material for most of this album, released in the United States and elsewhere as Australian Folk Songs. The American cover of the album depicts Ives in a stereotypical ...
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Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass, to yodeling to folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English folk music, the Australian bush ballad tradition, as well as to a lesser extant by popular American country music. [1]