Country music is far from my favorite, but I love Dolly Parton!
im not a fan but i do know it originated in the US south in the 1920s
It seems like it should be so much older than that. Weird to think about...
yea but i do like that it has blues influences, especially in background recordings
Blues IS one of my favorites. There's so much depth and emotion in the music!
it developed from roots in African musical traditions!
That may be why I like it lol. I am also a fan of R&B music, soul, and jazz. They all have similar themes.
American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".
As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different
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