GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Country
- Genre family
- Country / Folk / Americana
- 1930s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Country
Country is a branch of the Country / Folk / Americana family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Country is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
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Parent genreCountry / Folk / Americana
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1930s · United States · Country
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1930s starting recordings
01Took My Gal A‐Walkin’1931 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 02Jimmie’s Texas Blues1930 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 03Worried Man Blues1930 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 04The Cyclone of Rye Cove1930 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 05For the Sake of Days Gone By1932 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 06I’m Working on a Building1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 07Darling Daisies1934 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 08There’ll Be Joy, Joy, Joy1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 09It’ll Aggravate Your Soul1934 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 10Glory to the Lamb1935 · Country · countryOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1930s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1930s albums
Album·1935
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
Album·1934
Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)
Album·1931
Husband and Wife Were Angry One Night
Album·1930
My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929
Album·1930
Smoky Mountain Ballads
Album·1930
Country, Volume 1: Nashville – Dallas – Hollywood 1927–1942
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