country rock

American  

noun

1. a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and country music.

2. Geology. the rock surrounding and penetrated by mineral veins or igneous intrusions.

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country rock ¹ British  

noun

1. the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion

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country rock ² British  

noun

1. a style of rock music influenced by country and western

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Etymology

Origin of country rock

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

He applauded the “fearless pioneers” in Christian music who are borrowing “sounds that have been synonymous with country, rock, rap, every ‘more legitimate’ genre.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Country rock band Blackberry Smoke is mourning one of its own: drummer Brit Turner, who died after a battle with brain cancer.

From Los Angeles Times

“You can get rock ‘n’ roll in country, rock and roll in any kind of music,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Zach Bryan, the Oklahoma-raised singer-songwriter whose work fits somewhere on a continuum of country, rock and Americana folk, has logged his first No. 1 album and single with big streaming numbers.

From New York Times

Almost all of those tunes were written and recorded in the 1970s, the decade when he carefully assembled his signature beach bum persona by bringing country rock to the Florida Keys.

From Los Angeles Times