Country and Western Music
Country and western music; now usually just called “country music” has historically been most popular in certain parts of the United States. That has changed somewhat in recent years with the popularity of the genre expanding across the country. Country music started out in the early part of the 20th century as music generally associated … Keep Reading → with “singing cowboys’ such as Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. By the time of Elvis Presley, Americans were starting to see some of the possibilities of country music mixing with different styles such as rock and roll. The rise of southern rock bands such as Lynrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers, and The Marshall Tucker Band continued this trend of country music being combined with other musical styles. In recent years artists such as Carrie Underwood and Faith Hill have successfully combined country music with popular music to attract new fans not only across the country but across the world as well.
