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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.


country rock 1 British  

noun

  1. the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

country rock 2 British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of country rock

First recorded in 1870–75

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The Army said the AH-64 Apaches were conducting a training route past the Nashville area, where the country rock artist's hilltop estate is located.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

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 Nov. 9, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 30, 2023

It’s been covered by artists from the worlds of R&B, country, rock, bluegrass and pop: Etta James, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, Suzy Bogguss, Blue Denim, Cher, Ruby Turner and Miley Cyrus, among many.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2023

First, the great diversity of character exhibited by different sets of fissure veins which cut the same country rock seems incompatible with any theory of lateral secretion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various

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