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noun
A mix of Appalachian, Southern and western music, performed by rural white people in a range of styles for commercial recording in the early United States popular music industry; the precursor to country music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical, uncountable
Qualifier: to the 1930s
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Broader terms: music
noun
country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: country music, country and western, C and W
History
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