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country and western music

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  1. Popular music originating in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Its lyrics depict the trials and successes of everyday life. The Grand Ole Opry, located in Nashville, Tennessee, helped to broaden its audience through radio.


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He loved country and western music and watching musicals in the theatre.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2021

Burgess was among a group of singers in the mid-1950s who mixed rhythm and blues with country and western music.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2017

The singer, songwriter and visual artist Kurt Wagner has led his band Lambchop into the thistle of Nashville country and western music through a dozen studio albums.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2016

Although their songs were never top airplay hits, the couple's plainspoken style and Joey Feek's sweet, smoky voice earned them a host of fans of traditional country and western music.

From US News • Mar. 4, 2016

Mick and Jill disappear into the poolroom and James and I sit at the bar, watching Marie and her look-alike husband step dance to country and western music.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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