What is it that Jimmie Rodgers and the Sugarhill Gang have in common? Both of these artist have created what is now known as the country and rap music genres. Country music was began in Southern United States from folk and blues music in the 1920’s. As well, rap music began in the 1970’s by inner city African Americans. Though, rap may be favored by many country music has a better quality.…
Lauren Alaina and Raelynn are both new female country artist, that have been through singing competitions to get where they are today. They both have had many challenges throughout their career. They have had to compete against several people and go in front of millions of people and judges. Lauren Alaina is from Rossville, Georgia. Lauren’s full name is Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth.…
Luke Bryan has worked over the years to become the successful country artist he is today. He grew up working on a farm in Georgia for his father (Luke Bryan Biography 1). In his early teens, he had decided that he wanted to have a career in music (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Luke began writing songs with some help from others (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Many of his songs made it on the Billboard Hot 100, and a lot of his albums made it on the Billboard 200 (Demings Award Section).…
While country music as a whole is acquiring the rock and roll industry, there is one young and rising artist who isn’t yet headlining the shows or filling the stadiums like “the greats,” but has the potential to make a profound impact on both country and rock and roll. Thomas Rhett, the twenty-six-year-old son of famed country artist Rhett Akins, is capable of making a profound impact on music and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of 2041, for he is versatile, young, and very talented (Silva 2016). Thomas Rhett recently released an album, and has had very promising results, charting many singles ("Thomas Rhett - Biography"). However, Rhett is rather new in the country scheme, which is flooded with talented artists attempting to capitalize on the new…
1. What is Tin Pan Alley? Where did it originate? Why was it named ‘Tin Pan Alley’? • In the first half of the 20th century, the primary way of selling music was sheet music.…
Who remembers George Jones and Merle Haggard? George and Merle had their own style of music. They sang the traditional kind of music, but you don’t hear it that much these days. Country music today is going towards the pop genre and it’s not like it was in the 1970’s or even 1980’s. There’s one certain guy who has his own twists to music, his own style of the traditional era and has kept it around for as long as most people can remember.…
Young grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is the winner of season four of the television contest Nashville Star. To date, Chris Young has had a career total of seven number one hits and seven of his songs have reach gold or platinum certifications. Chris Young has a deep…
Pop songs today are laid out in similar ways: verse, chorus, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, chorus. Because of their repetition, choruses usually make up what we see as the “core” of a song. When one thinks of “Rude” by Magic, do they think of the chorus or the verses? What about “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire? We generally think of songs like these as having a “normal” song structure.…
Emerging from the southern states of the USA, country music was one of the earliest genres in modern American history. The birthplace of country, or early folk music, was in Bristol, Tennessee. This developing style is a mix of folk music from the British Isles, church hymns, and African American blues. By the early 1900s, the recording industry was booming and brought about many new talents.…
Whether it be in the car, at the gym, at a concert, or even in an elevator, music is everywhere. People listen to music to calm down or to get pumped up; some listen to music to either make them happy or sad. Country music is one of the most popular genre of music today. Although there are several reasons to like other genres of country music, such as honky tonk and rockabilly, outlaw country music strikes a much deeper connection with its fan making it so much more popular.…
This shows in the music and in this review songs like Backwoods, Good ole’ American way and I could kick myself. I debated on the last it would receive two and a half if i could but it did earn 3 because I like what he’s tryin to say. Backwoods is a song where you have to be in the mood for it because it’s very fast paced and there's a lot to take in but in parts of the song it sounds like they almost lost beat because it's not very steady. If you were in the mood for a fast country song this is the one but you're not always ready for it.…
Country songs are about stories. Every country song has some sort of message or meaning embedded within the lyrics or the music. From Jimmy Rodgers to Johnny Cash, then to George Strait and Garth Brooks, and now Sam Hunt and Brett Eldredge. All country music is just a country boy getting their feelings or stories out there. The song All On Me by Devin Dawson is no exception.…
When Black southerners moved to the North for better jobs and opportunities, they were forced to abandon their regional identity. In order to identify their southern identity, 1.3 million African Americans started migrating back to the South. Your attachment of the region is the southern identity regardless of where you are living. This attachment is one of the cultural characteristics that continue to make southerners distinctive in the larger nation. The new arrivals of college educated progressive black people obliterated segregation and the modern South was completely changed.…
Country music entertains a different audience. In todays society country music is listened to by people of different lifestyles. Country music is deeply influenced by American culture. The country western style existed before…
Imagine thousands and thousands of fans are screaming your name and singing along to your hit songs. Celebrities have a lot to keep up with, such as their career, their family, their hobbies, and their fans. In fact, Luke Bryan is an excellent example of a celebrity who has the ability to balance all these things out by staying humble and talented. Someone who has sold out concerts and thousands of fans all over the world have a lot to deal with, but they always make time for other things as well. When Luke Bryan’s career was about to take off, he decided to put his dreams on hold and support his family after his brother’s tragic death (“Luke Bryan Biography”).…