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  用英语介绍乡村音乐

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  CountrymusicisablendofpopularmusicalformsoriginallyfoundintheSouthernUnitedStatesandtheAppalachianMountains.Ithasrootsintraditionalfolkmusic,Celticmusic,gospelmusic,andold-timemusicandevolvedrapidlyinthe1920s.Thetermcountrymusicbegantobeusedinthe1940swhentheearliertermhillbillymusicwasdeemedtobedegrading,andthetermwaswidelyembracedinthe1970s,whilecountryandWesternhasdeclinedinusesincethattime,exceptintheUnitedKingdomandIreland,whereitisstillcommonlyusedintheUnitedStates.

  IntheSouthwesternUnitedStatesadifferentmixofethnicgroupscreatedthemusicthatbecametheWesternmusicofthetermcountryandWestern.(Capitalizing"Western"hereisgrammaticallycorrect,thought"country"wouldnotbe,accurately,astheformerisusedinapropernouncontext,asin,WesternUnitedStates,sincethiswasthepointbehindthetermWesternsongs.)

  Countrymusichasproducedtwoofthetopsellingsoloartistsofalltime.ElvisPresley,whowasknownearlyonas“TheHillbillyCat”andwasaregularontheradioprogramLouisianaHayride,wentontobecomeadefiningfigureintheemerginggenreofrock'nroll.ContemporarymusicianGarthBrooks,with128millionalbumssold,isthetop-sellingsoloartistinU.S.history.

  Whilealbumsalesofmostmusicalgenreshavedeclined,countrymusicexperiencedoneofitsbestyearsin2006,when,duringthefirstsixmonthsoftheyear,U.S.salesofcountryalbumsincreasedby17.7percentto36million.Moreover,countrymusiclisteningnationwidehasremainedsteadyforalmostadecade,reaching77.3millionadultseveryweekaccordingtotheradio-ratingsagencyArbitronInc.

  Theterm"countrymusic"isusedtodescribemanystylesandsubgenres,suchasalternativecountry,madefamousbyGramParsons.

2019-04-22 07:23:42

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