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

Over the past few years, some of Nashville’s biggest hits have come from outsiders like Post Malone experimenting with country music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He’s obviously looked at as one of our founding fathers of of country music, and one of our patriarchal heroes of the genre.

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

And except for a song about bacon or eggs benedict thrown in here and there, they mostly played normal country music.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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