regional music
Place-specific folk traditions
Regional music is music associated with a particular geographic area, reflecting local traditions, instruments, and cultural identity.
The term often distinguishes folk or traditional styles from mainstream popular music: Appalachian regional music, the regional music of northeastern Brazil.
It may also describe contemporary artists who draw primarily local audiences rather than national recognition.
- cultural heritageInherited collective traditions
- sitarIndian plucked lute
- fadoPortuguese genre of lament
- koraAfrican bridge-harp with twenty-one strings
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
village square · Appalachia · mountain ballads · flamenco · highlife · Andes · community gatherings · marimba · Punjab · dance traditions · bluegrass · local festivals · throat singing · gamelan · Sahara · brass band · homegrown · zydeco
- local pridehometown pride, civic pride, regional pride, community roots, state pride
- Local Knowledgelocal customs, dialects, landmarks, local history, native plants
- Greek musicbouzouki, lyra, mangas, Greek artists, Greek wedding
- folk festivalsBeltane, Samhain, maypole, Midsummer, Harvest Festival
- Finnish MusicSibelius, Finlandia
- Mexican Musicmariachi, ranchera, norteno, corrido, regional Mexican
regional musicmainstream pop
Widely popular commercial music
chart music · Top 40 · pop music · radio hits · radio pop