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country music
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country music
n.
Popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States or on the music of cowboys in the American West. Also called country and western.
country music
n
(Music, other) a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US Sometimes shortened to country
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Noun1.country music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United Statescountry music - a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
C and W, country and western
ethnic music, folk music, folk - the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
bluegrass - a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
hillbilly music - country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
zydeco - music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
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Her thick, Southern drawl is juxtaposed with a lively mix of ethereal steel guitar, spare acoustic guitar and stomping drums that sounds like precious little out there in today's mainstream country music scene.
Lambert stages a `Revolution' by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Fans attending Wednesday's show at Birmingham NIA will see that Dolly has also returned to the mainstream country music that made her so successful in the first place.
Determined Dolly's back on the road; The Big Gig by Birmingham Mail (England)
Among fans of mainstream Country Music, Foster is known as the bespectacled half of hit duo Foster and Lloyd and as one of the hottest songwriters working today.
Artists in the spotlight by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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