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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Roots rock</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk_music" title="Contemporary folk music">folk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Americana_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Americana (music)">roots music</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">1960s, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_country" title="Alternative country">Alternative country</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">country rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_rock" title="Swamp rock">swamp rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Heartland_rock" title="Heartland rock">Heartland rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roots rock</b> is a genre of <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> that looks back to rock's origins in <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk_music" title="Contemporary folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is seen as a response to the perceived excesses of the dominant <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic</a> and the developing <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because <i>roots music</i> (<a href="/wiki/Americana_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Americana (music)">Americana</a>) is often used to mean folk and <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world</a> musical forms, roots rock is sometimes used in a broad sense to describe any rock music that incorporates elements of this music.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a further decline, the 2000s saw a new interest in "roots" music. One proof of that is the specific <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> given since 2015, notably to <a href="/wiki/Jon_Batiste" title="Jon Batiste">Jon Batiste</a> in 2022. According to their website, that trophy is defined as: "This category recognizes excellence in Americana, bluegrass, blues or folk recordings in modern and/or traditional vocal and instrumental styles, as well as original material by artists who use traditional and/or modern roots elements, sounds and instrumental techniques as the basis for their recordings."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dylan with his guitar onstage, laughing and looking downwards." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg/170px-Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg/255px-Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg/340px-Bob_Dylan_in_November_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="1119" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1966, as many rock artists moved towards expansive and experimental <a href="/wiki/Psychedelia" title="Psychedelia">psychedelia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> spearheaded the back-to-basics <a href="/wiki/Roots_revival" title="Roots revival">roots revival</a> when he went to Nashville to record the album <i><a href="/wiki/Blonde_on_Blonde" title="Blonde on Blonde">Blonde on Blonde</a></i>, using notable local musicians like <a href="/wiki/Charlie_McCoy" title="Charlie McCoy">Charlie McCoy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wolff2000_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolff2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This, and the subsequent more clearly country-influenced albums, <i><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley_Harding" title="John Wesley Harding">John Wesley Harding</a></i> (1967) and <i><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Skyline" title="Nashville Skyline">Nashville Skyline</a></i> (1969), have been seen as creating the genre of <a href="/wiki/Country_folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Country folk">country folk</a>, a route pursued by a number of, largely acoustic, folk musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-Wolff2000_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolff2000-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other acts that followed the back to basics trend in different ways were the Canadian/American group <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a> and the California-based <a href="/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival" title="Creedence Clearwater Revival">Creedence Clearwater Revival</a>, both of which mixed basic rock and roll with folk, country, and blues, to be among the most successful and influential bands of the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time the <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a>, a band previously associated with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_sound" title="San Francisco sound">San Francisco sound</a> and known for ferocious psychedelic improvisation, followed in the footsteps of <a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Stills_%26_Nash" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosby, Stills & Nash">Crosby, Stills & Nash</a> to focus on <a href="/wiki/Americana_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Americana (music)">Americana-styled</a> songwriting for their 1970 albums <i><a href="/wiki/Workingman%27s_Dead" title="Workingman's Dead">Workingman's Dead</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/American_Beauty_(album)" title="American Beauty (album)"><i>American Beauty</i></a>. The same movement saw the beginning of the recording careers of Californian solo artists like <a href="/wiki/Ry_Cooder" title="Ry Cooder">Ry Cooder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lowell_George" title="Lowell George">Lowell George</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blues_rock">Blues rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Blues rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">Blues rock</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg/170px-Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg/255px-Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg/340px-Fleetwood_mac_peter_green_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1823" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_Green_(musician)" title="Peter Green (musician)">Peter Green</a> performing with Fleetwood Mac in 1970</figcaption></figure> <p>The blues boom overlapped, both chronologically and in terms of personnel, with the earlier, wider rhythm and blues phase, which had begun to peter out in the mid-1960s leaving a nucleus of instrumentalists with a wide knowledge of blues forms and techniques, which they would carry into the pursuit of more purist blues interests.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002BritishR&Bpp1315-6_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002BritishR&Bpp1315-6-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blues Incorporated and <a href="/wiki/John_Mayall" title="John Mayall">John Mayall</a> and the Bluesbreakers were well known in the London Jazz and emerging R&B circuits, but the Bluesbreakers began to gain some national and international attention, particularly after the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Breakers_with_Eric_Clapton" title="Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton">Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton</a></i> album (1966), considered one of the seminal British blues recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1966 to 1968, young Englishmen formed blues rock bands such as Cream, <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a>, Keef Hartley Band, Ten Years After, and Free. In America, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Butterfield" title="Paul Butterfield">Paul Butterfield</a> Blues Band,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Canned_Heat" title="Canned Heat">Canned Heat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Winter" title="Johnny Winter">Johnny Winter</a> performed at Woodstock Festival 1969. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country_rock">Country rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Country rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">Country rock</a></div> <p>Dylan's lead was also followed by <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">the Byrds</a>, who were joined by <a href="/wiki/Gram_Parsons" title="Gram Parsons">Gram Parsons</a> in 1968. Earlier in the year Parsons had already recorded <i><a href="/wiki/Safe_at_Home" title="Safe at Home">Safe at Home</a></i> with the <a href="/wiki/International_Submarine_Band" title="International Submarine Band">International Submarine Band</a>, which made extensive use of <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">pedal steel guitar</a> and is seen by some as the first true country-rock album.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result of Parsons tenure in the Byrds was <i><a href="/wiki/Sweetheart_of_the_Rodeo" title="Sweetheart of the Rodeo">Sweetheart of the Rodeo</a></i> (1968), generally considered one of the finest and most influential recordings in the genre.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byrds continued for a brief period in the same vein, but Parsons left soon after the album was released to be joined by another ex-Byrds member <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hillman" title="Chris Hillman">Chris Hillman</a> in forming <a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Burrito_Brothers" title="The Flying Burrito Brothers">the Flying Burrito Brothers</a>. Over the next two years they recorded the albums <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gilded_Palace_of_Sin" title="The Gilded Palace of Sin">The Gilded Palace of Sin</a></i> (1969) and <i><a href="/wiki/Burrito_Deluxe" title="Burrito Deluxe">Burrito Deluxe</a></i> (1970), which helped establish the respectability and parameters of the genre, before Parsons departed to pursue a solo career.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Country rock was a particularly popular style in the California music scene of the late 1960s, and was adopted by bands including C.C.R., <a href="/wiki/Poco_(band)" title="Poco (band)">Poco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Riders_of_the_Purple_Sage" title="New Riders of the Purple Sage">New Riders of the Purple Sage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some folk-rockers followed the Byrds into the genre, among them the <a href="/wiki/The_Beau_Brummels" title="The Beau Brummels">Beau Brummels</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of performers also enjoyed a renaissance by adopting country sounds, including: <a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">the Everly Brothers</a>, whose <i>Roots</i> album (1968) is usually considered some of their finest work; former <a href="/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">teen idol</a> <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a> (after dropping the "Y" from his name and letting his hair grow) who became the frontman for the Stone Canyon Band; <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nesmith" title="Michael Nesmith">Michael Nesmith</a> who formed the <a href="/wiki/First_National_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="First National Band">First National Band</a> after his departure from <a href="/wiki/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees">the Monkees</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> who moved in and out of the genre throughout his career.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the few acts to successfully move from the country side towards rock were the <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> band <a href="/wiki/The_Dillards" title="The Dillards">The Dillards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002C-Rock_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002C-Rock-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The greatest commercial success for country rock came in the 1970s, with <a href="/wiki/The_Doobie_Brothers" title="The Doobie Brothers">the Doobie Brothers</a> mixing in elements of <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> (a former backing singer for Parsons) becoming the "Queen of country-rock", and <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a> creating a highly successful pop-orientated brand of the genre.<sup id="cite_ref-Tawa2005_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tawa2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of Ronstadt's former backing band went on to form the <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a> (made up of members of the Burritos, Poco, and Stone Canyon Band), and emerged as one of the most successful rock acts of all time, producing albums that included <i><a href="/wiki/Desperado_(Eagles_album)" title="Desperado (Eagles album)">Desperado</a></i> (1973) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_California_(Eagles_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel California (Eagles album)">Hotel California</a></i> (1976).<sup id="cite_ref-Tawa2005_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tawa2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Country rock began to fade in the late 1970s in the face of punk and new wave trends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southern_rock">Southern rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Southern rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Duane_Allman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Duane_Allman.jpg/170px-Duane_Allman.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Duane_Allman.jpg/255px-Duane_Allman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Duane_Allman.jpg/340px-Duane_Allman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3262" data-file-height="4472" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Duane_Allman" title="Duane Allman">Duane Allman</a> playing guitar at the <a href="/wiki/Fillmore_East" title="Fillmore East">Fillmore East</a>, 26 June 1971 (late show)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a></div> <p>Although the Southern states had been, as much as anywhere, the birthplace of rock and roll, after the decline of rockabilly in the late 1950s, it was not until the early 1970s that a distinctive regional style of rock music emerged.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (This was despite some successful bands from the region, a major contribution to the evolution of <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul music</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Stax-Volt" class="mw-redirect" title="Stax-Volt">Stax-Volt</a> records company and the existence of the <a href="/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Sound_Studio" title="Muscle Shoals Sound Studio">Muscle Shoals</a> and <a href="/wiki/FAME_Studios" title="FAME Studios">FAME Studios</a>). The founders of Southern rock are usually thought to be the <a href="/wiki/Allman_Brothers_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Allman Brothers Band">Allman Brothers Band</a>, who developed a distinctive sound, largely derived from <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a>, but incorporating elements of <a href="/wiki/Boogie" title="Boogie">boogie</a>, soul, and country; combining hard rock instrumentation and rhythms with accented vocals and <a href="/wiki/Duane_Allman" title="Duane Allman">Duane Allman</a>'s slide guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the acts that followed the Allmans into the emerging genre, the most successful was <a href="/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>, who with songs like "<a href="/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>" (1973) and "<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Home_Alabama" title="Sweet Home Alabama">Sweet Home Alabama</a>" (1974) helped establish the "Good ol' boy" image of the subgenre and the general shape of 1970s guitar rock.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were followed by many other bands, including the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Rhythm_Section" title="Atlanta Rhythm Section">Atlanta Rhythm Section</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ZZ_Top" title="ZZ Top">ZZ Top</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Oak_Arkansas" title="Black Oak Arkansas">Black Oak Arkansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potliquor" title="Potliquor">Potliquor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barefoot_Jerry" title="Barefoot Jerry">Barefoot Jerry</a>, Grinderswitch, <a href="/wiki/Wet_Willie" title="Wet Willie">Wet Willie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackfoot_(band)" title="Blackfoot (band)">Blackfoot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Winter" title="Johnny Winter">Johnny Winter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Winter" title="Edgar Winter">Edgar Winter</a> Group, Sea Level, and the more country-influenced <a href="/wiki/The_Marshall_Tucker_Band" title="The Marshall Tucker Band">The Marshall Tucker Band</a>. After the loss of original members of the Allmans and Lynyrd Skynyrd, the genre began to fade in popularity in the late 1970s, but was sustained the 1980s with acts like the Outlaws, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Satellites" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Satellites">Georgia Satellites</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Fabulous Thunderbirds, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan" title="Stevie Ray Vaughan">Stevie Ray Vaughan</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> & Double Trouble, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Vaughan" title="Jimmie Vaughan">Jimmie Vaughan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pointblank, <a href="/wiki/.38_Special_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title=".38 Special (band)">.38 Special</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Molly_Hatchet" title="Molly Hatchet">Molly Hatchet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bogdanov2002SouthernRock-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Swamp_rock">Swamp rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Swamp rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Swamp_rock" title="Swamp rock">Swamp rock</a></div> <p>Swamp rock originated in the mid-1960s as a fusion of <a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">rockabilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul music</a> with <a href="/wiki/Swamp_blues" title="Swamp blues">swamp blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The style also drew from <a href="/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">beat music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_blues" title="Country blues">country blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cajun_music" title="Cajun music">Cajun music</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_rhythm_and_blues" title="New Orleans rhythm and blues">New Orleans rhythm and blues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of the early swamp rock scene were John Fogerty & C.C.R., <a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell">Leon Russell</a>, Dale Hawkins, Tony Joe White, and <a href="/wiki/Delaney_%26_Bonnie" title="Delaney & Bonnie">Delaney & Bonnie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heartland_rock">Heartland rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Heartland rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Heartland_rock" title="Heartland rock">Heartland rock</a></div> <p>The term heartland rock was first used in the early 1970s to describe <a href="/wiki/American_Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="American Midwest">Midwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Arena_rock" title="Arena rock">arena rock</a> groups like <a href="/wiki/Kansas_(band)" title="Kansas (band)">Kansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/REO_Speedwagon" title="REO Speedwagon">REO Speedwagon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Styx_(band)" title="Styx (band)">Styx</a>, but came to be associated with a more socially concerned form of roots rock more directly influenced by <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk_music" title="Contemporary folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been seen as an American Midwest and <a href="/wiki/Rust_Belt" title="Rust Belt">Rust Belt</a> counterpart to West Coast country rock and the Southern rock of the American South.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Led by figures who had initially been identified with punk and new wave, it was most strongly influenced by acts such as Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Van Morrison, 1960s garage rock, and the Rolling Stones.<sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicHeartland_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicHeartland-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Exemplified by the commercial success of singer songwriters <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Seger" title="Bob Seger">Bob Seger</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty" title="Tom Petty">Tom Petty</a>, along with less widely known acts such as <a href="/wiki/Southside_Johnny_and_the_Asbury_Jukes" title="Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes">Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Grushecky" title="Joe Grushecky">Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers</a>, it was partly a reaction to post-industrial urban decline in the East and Mid-West, often dwelling on issues of social disintegration and isolation, beside a form of good-time rock and roll revivalism.<sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicHeartland_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicHeartland-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genre reached its commercial, artistic, and influential peak in the mid-1980s, with Springsteen's <i><a href="/wiki/Born_in_the_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="Born in the USA">Born in the USA</a></i> (1984), topping the charts worldwide and spawning a series of top ten singles, together with the arrival of artists including <a href="/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp">John Cougar/Mellencamp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>, and more gentle singer/songwriters such as <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Hornsby" title="Bruce Hornsby">Bruce Hornsby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicHeartland_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicHeartland-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also impacted the United Kingdom in the 1980s through <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tilney2021_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tilney2021-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can also be heard as an influence on artists as diverse as <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kid_Rock" title="Kid Rock">Kid Rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though various heartland rock acts had sustained success through the 1990s, such as Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, The Wallflowers, and to a lesser extent, the BoDeans and Los Lobos, Heartland rock's commercial prosperity and general popularity began to fade away as early as the early 1990s. As rock music in general, and blue collar and white working class themes in particular, lost influence with younger audiences, heartland's artists turned to more personal works.<sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicHeartland_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicHeartland-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, however, American bands <a href="/wiki/The_Killers" title="The Killers">the Killers</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/The_War_on_Drugs_(band)" title="The War on Drugs (band)">the War on Drugs</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and English act <a href="/wiki/Sam_Fender" title="Sam Fender">Sam Fender</a> firmly integrated the heartland rock genre into their respective musical styles.<sup id="cite_ref-Tilney2021_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tilney2021-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_revival">1980s revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1980s revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "roots rock" was coined during the mid-1980s. A number of key bands were defined as <a href="/wiki/Cow_punk" class="mw-redirect" title="Cow punk">cow punk</a>, punk rockers who played country music, including <a href="/wiki/Jason_%26_The_Scorchers" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason & The Scorchers">Jason & The Scorchers</a> from Tennessee, <a href="/wiki/Dash_Rip_Rock" title="Dash Rip Rock">Dash Rip Rock</a> from Louisiana, and <a href="/wiki/Drivin_N_Cryin" title="Drivin N Cryin">Drivin N Cryin</a> from Georgia, but the centre of the cow punk movement became Los Angeles, thanks to bands including <a href="/wiki/The_Long_Ryders" title="The Long Ryders">the Long Ryders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tex_%26_the_Horseheads" title="Tex & the Horseheads">Tex & the Horseheads</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rave-Ups" title="The Rave-Ups">the Rave-Ups</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lone_Justice" title="Lone Justice">Lone Justice</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rank_and_File_(band)" title="Rank and File (band)">Rank and File</a>. Also part of this trend and enjoying some mainstream success were <a href="/wiki/Gun_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun Club">Gun Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Isaak" title="Chris Isaak">Chris Isaak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Violent_Femmes" title="Violent Femmes">Violent Femmes</a>, <a href="/wiki/BoDeans" title="BoDeans">BoDeans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Los_Lobos" title="Los Lobos">Los Lobos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AllmusicRootsActs_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllmusicRootsActs-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition the <a href="/wiki/Alternative_country" title="Alternative country">alternative country</a> movement, producing such figures as <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucinda_Williams" title="Lucinda Williams">Lucinda Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tupelo" title="Uncle Tupelo">Uncle Tupelo</a>, can be seen as part of the roots rock tendency.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movement began to decline in popularity again in the 1990s but produced some bands like <a href="/wiki/Son_Volt" title="Son Volt">Son Volt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilco" title="Wilco">Wilco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Bottle_Rockets" title="The Bottle Rockets">The Bottle Rockets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After disbanding <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> in 1995, lead singer <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler" title="Mark Knopfler">Mark Knopfler</a> has largely returned to a roots-rock sound across <a href="/wiki/Mark_Knopfler_discography" title="Mark Knopfler discography">his ten albums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roots_rock_bands_and_musicians" title="List of roots rock bands and musicians">List of roots rock bands and musicians</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roots_rock&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">P. 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Latvia">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Lithuania" title="Rock music in Lithuania">Lithuanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Macedonia#Rock_music" title="Music of North Macedonia">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Norway" title="Rock music in Norway">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Poland" title="Rock music in Poland">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Portugal" title="Rock music in Portugal">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Romania" title="Rock music in Romania">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Russia" title="Rock music in Russia">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Serbia" title="Rock music in Serbia">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Slovenia" title="Rock music in Slovenia">Slovenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Spain" title="Rock music in Spain">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Sweden" title="Popular 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href="/wiki/Punk_rock_in_Yugoslavia" title="Punk rock in Yugoslavia">Punk</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_rock" title="Armenian rock">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_rock" title="Azerbaijani rock">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_rock" title="Bangladeshi rock">Bangladeshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cambodia#Cambodian_rock_and_pop" title="Music of Cambodia">Cambodian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cambodian_rock_(1960s%E2%80%931970s)" title="Cambodian rock (1960s–1970s)">1959–1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_rock" title="Chinese rock">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_rock" title="Pinoy rock">Filipino</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bisrock" title="Bisrock">Bisrock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rock" title="Indian rock">Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_of_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock music of West Bengal">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raga_rock" title="Raga rock">Raga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_rock" title="Indonesian rock">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_rock" title="Iranian rock">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_rock" title="Israeli rock">Israeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_rock" title="Japanese rock">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_kei" title="Visual kei">Visual kei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_rock" title="Korean rock">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_rock" title="Malaysian rock">Malaysian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_kapak" title="Rock kapak">Rock kapak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_rock" title="Nepalese rock">Nepalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_rock" title="Pakistani rock">Pakistani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sufi_rock" title="Sufi rock">Sufi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Russia" title="Rock music in Russia">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_rock" title="Taiwanese rock">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_rock" title="Thai rock">Thai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_rock" title="Anatolian rock">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Angola" title="Rock music in Angola">Angolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_blues" title="Desert blues">Sahara desert region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamrock" title="Zamrock">Zambian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Australia" title="Rock music in Australia">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_New_Zealand" title="Rock music in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio formats</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_rock" title="Active rock">Active rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_album_alternative" title="Adult album alternative">Adult album alternative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Album-oriented_rock" title="Album-oriented rock">Album-oriented rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_rock" title="Classic rock">Classic rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainstream_rock" title="Mainstream rock">Mainstream rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_rock" title="Modern rock">Modern rock</a></li> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_folk_music_traditions" title="List of North American folk music traditions">North America</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Central_American_folk_music_traditions" title="List of Central American folk music traditions">Central America</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Mexico#Traditional_folk_music" title="Music of Mexico">Mexican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corrido" title="Corrido">Corrido</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_calentano" title="Son calentano">Son calentano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_jarocho" title="Son jarocho">Son jarocho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_huasteco" title="Son huasteco">Son huasteco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tierra_Caliente_music" title="Tierra Caliente music">Tierra Caliente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaqui_music" title="Yaqui music">Yaqui</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Panama#Folk_music" title="Music of Panama">Panamanian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_North_America" title="Indigenous music of North America">Indigenous North<br />American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Canada" title="Indigenous music of Canada">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapaho_music" title="Arapaho music">Arapaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfeet_music" title="Blackfeet music">Blackfeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dene_music" title="Dene music">Dene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innu_music" title="Innu music">Innu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inuit_music" title="Inuit music">Inuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iroquois_music" title="Iroquois music">Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_music" title="Kiowa music">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwakwaka%27wakw_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwakwaka'wakw music">Kwakwaka'wakw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9tis_fiddle" title="Métis fiddle">Métis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navajo_music" title="Navajo music">Navajo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo_music" title="Pueblo music">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminole_music" title="Seminole music">Seminole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_music" title="Sioux music">Sioux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaqui_music" title="Yaqui music">Yaqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuman_music" title="Yuman music">Yuman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/American_folk_music" title="American folk music">American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_music" title="Appalachian music">Appalachian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old-time_music" title="Old-time music">Old-time</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_folk_music_revival" title="American folk music revival">Folk revival</a> (1950s–60s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Hawaii#Folk_music" title="Music of Hawaii">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_music" title="New Mexico music">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Dirt_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Dirt (music)">Red Dirt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tejano_music" title="Tejano music">Tejano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_music_(North_America)" title="Western music (North America)">Western</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/African-American_music" title="African-American music">African-American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dixieland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixieland">Dixieland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jug_band" title="Jug band">Jug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragtime" title="Ragtime">Ragtime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual (music)">Spirituals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americana_music" title="Americana music">Americana</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Roots rock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_folk" class="mw-redirect" title="Country folk">Country folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">Country pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">Country rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honky-tonk" title="Honky-tonk">Honky-tonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">Rockabilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_soul" title="Southern soul">Southern soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_folk_music" title="Canadian folk music">Canadian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_fiddle" title="Canadian fiddle">Canadian fiddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_Canada" title="Indigenous music of Canada">Indigenous</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dene_music" title="Dene music">Dene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innu_music" title="Innu music">Innu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inuit_music" title="Inuit music">Inuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9tis_fiddle" title="Métis fiddle">Métis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Canadian_cultures" title="Music of Canadian cultures">by ethnocultural group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_music_in_Canada" title="Celtic music in Canada">Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French-Canadian_music" title="French-Canadian music">French</a></li></ul></li> <li>by region <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Canada%27s_Prairie_Provinces" title="Music of Canada's Prairie Provinces">Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Quebec" title="Music of Quebec">Québécois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_fiddle" title="Quebec fiddle">Quebec fiddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9o-trad" title="Néo-trad">Néo-trad</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Maritimes" title="Music of the Maritimes">Maritime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_fiddling" title="Cape Breton fiddling">Cape Breton fiddling</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Caribbean_folk_music_traditions" title="List of Caribbean folk music traditions">Caribbean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_folk_music" title="Cuban folk music">Cuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Haiti#Folk_music" title="Music of Haiti">Haitian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kontradans" title="Kontradans">Kontradans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_folk_music" title="Jamaican folk music">Jamaican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mento" title="Mento">Mento</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago#Folk_traditions" title="Music of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidadian and Tobagonian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cariso" title="Cariso">Cariso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutney_music" title="Chutney music">Chutney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chutney_parang" title="Chutney parang">Chutney parang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutney_soca" title="Chutney soca">Chutney soca</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiso" title="Kaiso">Kaiso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parang_(folk_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parang (folk music)">Parang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soca_music" title="Soca music">Soca</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_American_folk_music_traditions" title="List of South American folk music traditions">South American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brazil#Indigenous_and_folk_music" title="Music of Brazil">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Chile#Chilean_folk_music" title="Music of Chile">Chilean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Venezuela#Folk" title="Music of Venezuela">Venezuelan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaita_zuliana" title="Gaita zuliana">Gaita zuliana</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Oceanic_and_Australian_folk_music_traditions" title="List of Oceanic and Australian folk music traditions">Oceanian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Australia#Folk_music" title="Music of Australia">Australian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_folk_music" title="Australian folk music">White Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous Australian music">Indigenous Australian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Music of the Cook Islands">Cook Islander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Easter_Island" title="Music of Easter Island">Easter Islander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maori_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Maori music">Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Music of the Marshall Islands">Marshallese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Music of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Samoa" title="Music of Samoa">Samoan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Solomon_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of the Solomon Islands">Solomon Islander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tahiti" title="Music of Tahiti">Tahitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tonga" title="Music of Tonga">Tongan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tuvalu" title="Music of Tuvalu">Tuvaluan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Asian_folk_music_traditions" title="List of Asian folk music traditions">Asian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bangladesh#Folk_music" title="Music of Bangladesh">Bangladeshi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhawaiya" title="Bhawaiya">Bhawaiya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bhutan#Folk_music" title="Music of Bhutan">Bhutanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toi_music" title="Toi music">Central Asian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_traditional_music" title="Chinese traditional music">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guangdong_music_(genre)" title="Guangdong music (genre)">Cantonese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakka_hill_song" title="Hakka hill song">Hakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiangnan_sizhu" title="Jiangnan sizhu">Jingnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanguan_music" title="Nanguan music">Lâm-kóan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beiguan_music" title="Beiguan music">Pak-kóan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teochew_string_music" title="Teochew string music">Teochew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongguo_feng_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhongguo feng (music)">Zhongguo feng</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_folk_music" title="Philippine folk music">Filipino</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodabil" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodabil">Bodabil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundiman" title="Kundiman">Kundiman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_sound" title="Manila sound">Manila sound</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_folk_music" title="Indian folk music">Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamrupi_Lokgeet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamrupi Lokgeet">Kamrupi Lokgeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasiya" title="Rasiya">Rasiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanedo" title="Sanedo">Sanedo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Indonesia#Folk_music" title="Music of Indonesia">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Japanese_music" title="Traditional Japanese music">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Min%27y%C5%8D" title="Min'yō">Min'yō</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_music_of_Korea" title="Traditional music of Korea">Korean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trot_(music)" title="Trot (music)">Trot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Mongolia#Folk_music" title="Music of Mongolia">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Nepal#Folk_music" title="Music of Nepal">Nepalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_folk_music" title="Pakistani folk music">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Vietnam#Folk_music" title="Music of Vietnam">Vietnamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quan_h%E1%BB%8D" title="Quan họ">Quan họ</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_folk_music_traditions" title="List of European folk music traditions">European</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_folk_music" title="Alpine folk music">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Austria#Folk_music" title="Music of Austria">Austrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narodna_muzika" class="mw-redirect" title="Narodna muzika">Balkan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Albania#Folk_music" title="Music of Albania">Albanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tallava" title="Tallava">Tallava</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina#Folk_music" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnian and Herzegovinan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sevdalinka" title="Sevdalinka">Sevdalinka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starogradska_muzika" title="Starogradska muzika">Starogradska muzika</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria#Folk_music" title="Music of Bulgaria">Bulgarian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chalga" title="Chalga">Chalga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starogradska_muzika" title="Starogradska muzika">Starogradska muzika</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Croatia#Folk_music" title="Music of Croatia">Croatian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Starogradska_muzika" title="Starogradska muzika">Starogradska muzika</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_folk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek folk music">Greek</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La%C3%AFko" title="Laïko">Laïko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebetiko" title="Rebetiko">Rebetiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsifteteli" title="Tsifteteli">Tsifteteli</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_folk_music" title="Italian folk music">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kosovo#Folk_music" title="Music of Kosovo">Kosovan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tallava" title="Tallava">Tallava</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Montenegro#Music" title="Culture of Montenegro">Montenegrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Macedonia#Folk_music" title="Music of North Macedonia">Macedonian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%8Calgija" title="Čalgija">Čalgija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starogradska_muzika" title="Starogradska muzika">Starogradska muzika</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_music" title="Romani music">Romani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Romania#Folk_music" title="Music of Romania">Romanian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manele" title="Manele">Manele</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_folk_music" title="Serbian folk music">Serbian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_brass" title="Balkan brass">Balkan brass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starogradska_muzika" title="Starogradska muzika">Starogradska muzika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbo-folk" title="Turbo-folk">Turbo-folk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Slovenia#Folk_music" title="Music of Slovenia">Slovenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_folk_music" title="Turkish folk music">Turkish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_blues" title="Anatolian blues">Anatolian blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_rock" title="Anatolian rock">Anatolian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabesque_(Turkish_music)" title="Arabesque (Turkish music)">Arabesque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantezi" title="Fantezi">Fantezi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsifteteli" title="Tsifteteli">Tsifteteli</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Belarus#Folk_music" title="Music of Belarus">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Brittany" title="Music of Brittany">Breton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_music" title="Celtic music">Celtic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_fusion" title="Celtic fusion">Celtic fusion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_metal" title="Celtic metal">Celtic metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_punk" title="Celtic punk">Celtic punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_rock" title="Celtic rock">Celtic rock</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_folk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech folk music">Czech</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moravian_traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian traditional music">Moravian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polka" title="Polka">Polka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_traditional_music" title="Danish traditional music">Danish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Netherlands#Folk_music" title="Music of the Netherlands">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_folk_music" title="English folk music">English</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hornpipe" title="Hornpipe">Hornpipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jig" title="Jig">Jigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_dance" title="Morris dance">Morris dance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Estonia#Folk_music" title="Music of Estonia">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Finland#Folk_music" title="Music of Finland">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_folk_music" title="French folk music">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Germany#Folk_music" title="Music of Germany">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_folk_music" title="Hungarian folk music">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_folk_music" title="Icelandic folk music">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_traditional_music" title="Irish traditional music">Irish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_folk_music" title="Gaelic folk music">Gaelic folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornpipe" title="Hornpipe">Hornpipe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Latvia#Folk_music" title="Music of Latvia">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Lithuania#Folk_music" title="Music of Lithuania">Lithuanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Malta#Folk_music" title="Music of Malta">Maltese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Norway#Folk_music" title="Music of Norway">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Poland#Traditional_folk_music" title="Music of Poland">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greek_music" title="Pontic Greek music">Pontic Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Portugal#Folk_music" title="Music of Portugal">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_folk_music#Authentic_folk_music" title="Russian folk music">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_folk_music" title="Scottish folk music">Scottish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_folk_music" title="Gaelic folk music">Gaelic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Slovenia#Folk_music" title="Music of Slovenia">Slovenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Spain#Folk_music" title="Music of Spain">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_folk_music" title="Swedish folk music">Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Switzerland#Folk_music" title="Music of Switzerland">Swiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_folk_music" title="Ukrainian folk music">Ukrainian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cossack_songs" title="Cossack songs">Cossack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumka_(musical_genre)" title="Dumka (musical genre)">Dumka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Wales#Folk_music" title="Music of Wales">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Middle_Eastern_and_North_African_folk_music_traditions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Middle Eastern and North African folk music traditions">Middle Eastern and<br />North African</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_folk_music" title="Armenian folk music">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_folk/pop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian folk/pop music">Assyrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_folk_music" title="Azerbaijani folk music">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Egypt#Folk_and_roots_revival" title="Music of Egypt">Egyptian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fantezi" title="Fantezi">Fantezi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_folk_music" title="Iranian folk music">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Israel#Land_of_Israel_style" title="Music of Israel">Israeli</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Klezmer" title="Klezmer">Klezmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizrahi_music" title="Mizrahi music">Mizrahi music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greek_music" title="Pontic Greek music">Pontic Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_folk_music" title="Turkish folk music">Turkish</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_blues" title="Anatolian blues">Anatolian blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_rock" title="Anatolian rock">Anatolian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabesque_(Turkish_music)" title="Arabesque (Turkish music)">Arabesque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsifteteli" title="Tsifteteli">Tsifteteli</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related <br /> articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk_music" title="Contemporary folk music">20th-century Western folk music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acoustic_music" title="Acoustic music">Acoustic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filk_music" title="Filk music">Filk music</a></li> 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