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Country
- Genre family
- Country / Folk / Americana
- Starting 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 Billy Briggs & His X.I.T. Boys, The Carter Family and Ernest Tubb.
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Its place in the genre family
Parent genreCountry / Folk / Americana
Current genreCountry
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North America · Country
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Love Will2013 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 02Coffe Sippin' BluesCountry · countryOpen in new tab 03X-I-T Song #1Country · countryOpen in new tab 04A Place in the SunshineCountry · countryOpen in new tab 05Panhandle ShuffleCountry · countryOpen in new tab 06Took My Gal A‐Walkin’1931 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 07When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again1941 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 08Wreck on the Highway1942 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 09The Prodigal Son1943 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 10Anytime1949 · Country · countryOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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Album·Country
Billy Briggs & His X.I.T. Boys
Album·1935
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
Album·1934
Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)
Album·1943
The Essential Roy Acuff
Album·1931
Husband and Wife Were Angry One Night
Album·1941
Columbia Country Classics, Volume 1: The Golden Age
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