country music

American  

noun

1. a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typified by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica.

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country music British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: country. a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US

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Etymology

Origin of country music

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

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country music

When you really look at traditional Mexican music, mariachi or norteño, there’s such a massive kinship between them and country music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

US country music star Ella Langley has said she had to cancel her sold-out concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday night, due to a "serious security threat".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

What’s your relationship with modern country music — Morgan Wallen and Miranda Lambert and the like?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

We listened—well, Nan and I listened while Wynn sang—to classic country music.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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