American roots
Blues and bluegrass
American roots is a musical category encompassing traditional and roots-influenced genres native to the United States—blues, folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, Cajun, and their modern descendants.
The term emphasizes acoustic instrumentation, regional authenticity, and connection to earlier American musical traditions: The festival celebrates American roots music from Appalachian ballads to Delta blues.
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- spiritualsEnslaved people's sacred songs
zydeco · blues · ragtime · old time music · Founding Fathers · Woody Guthrie · Revolutionary War · abolitionism · suffrage movement · cowboy culture · back roads · dirt roads · westward expansion · Ellis Island · civil rights movement · jazz · Great Depression · cotton fields
American rootsBritish Invasion
Sixties UK music takeover
Britpop · Swedish pop · Eurobeat · Europop · synth-pop
American rootsbubblegum pop
Catchy, lightweight youth music
teen pop · synth-pop · disco · stadium rock · hair metal
American rootselectronica
Synthesized listening music
EDM · synthwave · industrial music · techno · house music