country music
noun
a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typidied by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica.
Origin of country music
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby country music
country fries,
country gentleman,
country house,
country kitchen,
country mile,
country music,
country park,
country risk,
country rock,
country seat,
country singer
Example sentences from the Web for country music
ABC has something here—a family soap set in the country-music industry that pits the young flavor-of-the-month against a legend.
‘Borgen,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Mad Men’ & More: Ten Best TV Shows of 2012 |Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez |December 18, 2012 |DAILY BEASTLately, Gwyneth Paltrow has been behaving like a country-music star.
Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger |Bryan Curtis |January 6, 2011 |DAILY BEASTThe country-music establishment could tolerate pop infiltrating its veins, but patriotism was still its lifeblood.
She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos.
British Dictionary definitions for country music
country music
noun
a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
Sometimes shortened to: country