subject: Country Music: Music Of All Ages [print this page] Country music, country music or simply a style of music born in the U.S. in the Appalachian region in the eighteenth century and was developed in the south, from Texas to West Virginia. Rhythmic or drawling, sentimental or emotional, the country has its origins in Celtic folk music and gospel of the Anglo-Saxon immigrants. This music, with blues and rhythm and blues black, helped in large part in contemporary popular music, including rock.
Although the country has been criticized by some French critics as the favorite music of "America white conservative, it is actually a music whose origins are many and deeply intertwined: one need only think yodel, from a small Appalachian community, Swiss German, use the mandolin of Italy, the Hawaiian Lap-steel, banjo Africa, the Louisiana Cajun-French, borrowing to genera such as the polka or blues (often referred to elsewhere in the country as the "white blues"), etc..
The country music started to like music shared by musicians black and white disks to lepoque where blues and country (or hillbilly) were not terribly different from each other.
We even see some black singers, like Ray Charles and Charley Pride, adopt in whole or in part the genre. Hank Williams said: "What explains the success of country music is summed up in one word: sincerity."
Country music, which has millions of fans around the world including U.S., Canada and Australia, remains relatively unknown in France but it spread more and more. The country is however popular in the rest of Europe, including Ireland in the Scandinavian countries and Germany.
The headquarters of the country is located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville is the center for performances of country artists. This was the context of a hugely popular radio show in the years 1930-1950, which was followed by millions of Americans.
For 20 years, country music experienced a considerable expansion on all fronts. No more cliches of the cowboy moaning song length, today the country-boy is a young man headed or not, shirt or T-shirt spotless, Wrangler jeans, boots with the feet, city or country dune dynamics reflect America, bringing fresh blood to popular music.
Stain rock, pop, country suitable for the years 90-2000 sounds of our time, "said New Country and Hot New Country. Musically the new-country music is more accessible, and thus allows him to simposer American music became popular and + the + media-broadcast (3000 + radio stations, TV channels: CMT, GAC, TNN ...) on the American continent .The country accounts for about 15% of album sales in the U.S. (depending on the year ...).
In 1734, the first Irish emigrants, English, Welsh, Scottish and Spanish land in the United States in order to rebuild their lives and conquer the New World [2]. In their luggage, they bring with them their culture and among other instruments of the old continent. Thus, many immigrant communities joined the culture and musical instruments. The Irish fiddle, dulcimer German, Italian mandolin, Spanish guitar, banjo and African musical instruments were the most common.
The interactions among musicians from different ethnic groups will rise to a unique music in this region of North America. The music is for those immigrants who find themselves in the late eighteenth century in Appalachia, the point which connects them to their country. Hence the name "Country Music" (music of the country).
Throughout the nineteenth century, several immigrant groups from Europe, especially Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy and moved to Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, to California . These groups have acted upon each other with the Spanish communities, Mexican, Native American, and others already established in the United States in the Texas area. Thanks to this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique traits of this musical style, rooted in the culture.
These songs created in the Texas plains and mid-west by the cowboys conveyors herds in the nineteenth century. Sung a cappella or supported by a violin (fiddle), harmonica or guitar.
It also speaks of "Work Song", work songs of cowboys and other trades (builders of railroads, farmers, etc.). These include the song "Mule Train" by Tennessee Ernie Ford "I've Been Working on the Railroad" made famous by The Rooftop Singers.
