country music
noun
: music derived from or imitating the folk style of the Southern U.S. or of the Western cowboy
especially
: popular vocal music characterized by simple harmonies, accompaniment by stringed instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel), repeated choruses, and often narrative lyrics
called also country, country and western
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Charley Pride, who died in 2020, was a Grammy-winning trailblazer and country music's first Black superstar.
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Gentry's lifelong friend Mac (Kristoffer Polaha), a country music talent manager, finds himself in 1995 as well.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
The same city that’s seen more chairs thrown off a bar rooftop by a country music star within the past two years than 10-win Vanderbilt seasons in more than a century?
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheen brought American blues, jazz and reggae to China, toured Jimmy Witherspoon and Helen Reddy through Asia and produced albums for the Chinese heavy metal band Tang Dynasty and LPs of Chinese country music.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Gentry's lifelong friend Mac (Kristoffer Polaha), a country music talent manager, finds himself in 1995 as well.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
The same city that’s seen more chairs thrown off a bar rooftop by a country music star within the past two years than 10-win Vanderbilt seasons in more than a century?
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Cheen brought American blues, jazz and reggae to China, toured Jimmy Witherspoon and Helen Reddy through Asia and produced albums for the Chinese heavy metal band Tang Dynasty and LPs of Chinese country music.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Country music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/country%20music. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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