Country Music
Gencie Coan Dr. Vaneman Music and Culture 1 April 2023 Country Music Country music has grown over the past 100 years very rapidly and has now grown into one of the most listened to genres around the world. Although the style of country music has changed now it will always be from the same background and it all got started the same way in the early 1900’s. In today's world, country music has been turned more towards the pop side and not just hillbilly’s singing with just the guitar and banjo anymore. From the border of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and Tennessee, where it first came from to the streets of Nashville where it is most known today, country music has grown widely across America and even the world and for all different types of listeners. The creation of country music would be pulled out of Irish fiddle songs and adding English ballads to make the words that are in the song. There are many different instruments that have been played...