Genre Conventions

Genre: Country
Within the large genre of 'country' there are many subgenres, for example: alternative country, country gospel and honky tonk, bluegrass and more...

Country pop is perhaps the most listened to subgenre of country today. It's a mixture of country and hip hop. Examples of the modern artists who are in this genre are: Taylor Swift and Jessica Simpson... Pop country artists will be classified under this subgenre if their songs cross over and make it into the top 40 radio lists available.

Bluegrass is a combination of: country music, jazz, ragtime and traditional music. Typical sounds that are associated with this genre are:

• fiddles
• guitars
• drums
• banjo
• vocals
• harmonicas

An example of a famous bluegrass artist is Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton is the most honoured female country artist of all time. She has had 25 songs reach no.1 on the Billboard country charts which is a record for a female artist. Parton has also received countless awards for her music including 8 Grammy Awards.

Information on the music genre country was gathered from this source which lists a large amount of genre in music ever created.