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country and western music country and western music
country and western music American popular music form originating in the Southeast (country music) and the Southwest and West (western music). The two regional styles coalesced in the 1920s when recorded material became available in rural areas, and they were further consolidated after musicians... Read more
Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks Country music group Dixie Chicks ignited the Girl Power era of country music in 1998 with the release of their major label debut Wide Open Spaces. In less than a year after their major label debut, the hot country act was being presented platinum albums, featured in fashion... Read more
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rock music rock music
rock music type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. Origins of Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and white American music styles: black guitar-accompanied blues; black... Read more
Juan Atkins Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins 1962— Musician Juan Atkins is generally recognized as one of the creators of techno music, which spawned a whole group of genres now known as electronica, and he was probably the first person to apply the word "techno" to music. His novel electronic soundscapes influenced nearly... Read more
Tex Ritter Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter Singer, songwriter, guitarist For the Record… Selected discography Sources Country Music Hall of Fame member Tex Ritter bridged the history of recorded country music from the singing cowboy era of the 1930s to his days as one of the genre Read more
Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer Early Musical Start Built Considerable Reputation Began Solo Career Albums Played Role in Reviving Bluegrass Selected discography Sources No single artist has done more since 1980 to shape the course of country and bluegrass music than... Read more
Jay Farrar Jay Farrar
Wilco Alternative country group Wilco was initially an offshoot of Uncle Tupelo, a progressive country band that broke apart in 1994; one of the group's cofounders, Jeff Tweedy, formed a new band that held on to its country roots while adopting a more pop/rock sound. As the band... Read more
Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela Musician, composer, singer Studied Music Abroad Collaborated With Playwright Ngema Sarafina! an International Hit Selected discography Sources South African trumpeter, fleugelhornist, composer, and singer Hugh Masekela is an acknowledged master of African music. He is also... Read more
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson
Alan JacksonSinger, songwriter Traditions are sometimes forgotten in favor of the new and improved. In the early 1980s, the synthesized pop music of the urban cowboy seemed to be eclipsing country music's roots. However, in 1989 a new group of country singer/songwriters, including a tall,... Read more

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