Country Music
乡村音乐

Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in Southern United States, in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and sub genres. The origins of country music are the folk music of mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States.
乡村音乐是美国流行乐的一种，产生于20世纪20年代美国南部佐治亚州的亚特兰大。它源自美国民俗音乐的东南部流派和西方音乐。在其可考据的历史中，蓝调音阶一直被广泛使用。今天所说的“乡村音乐”一词可以指多种风格和亚流派。乡村音乐的起源主要是美国白人工薪阶层的民俗音乐，这群人融合了流行歌曲、爱尔兰和凯尔特小提琴曲、传统民谣、牛仔歌和来自欧洲移民社区的各种音乐传统。2009年，乡村音乐是美国晚上通勤时间人们听得最多的下班高峰广播音乐，也是美国早高峰期间第二受欢迎的音乐类别。

Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of Europe along with them for nearly 300 years. Country music was “introduced to the world as a Southern phenomenon”. The first generation emerged in the early 1920s, with Atlanta's music scene playing a major role in launching country's earliest recording artists. Many “hillbilly” musicians, such as Cliff Carlisle, recorded blues songs throughout the 1920s.
移居到北美南阿巴拉契亚山脉的人们带来了欧洲的音乐和乐器，这一历史已近300年。乡村音乐是“南部文化，被引入北美”。第一代的乡村音乐产生于20世纪20年代早期，亚特兰大的音乐场景发挥了重要作用，促进了最早的乡村音乐艺术家的产生。很多“乡土”音乐家，比如克里夫·卡莱尔，在整个20世纪20年代都在录制蓝调歌曲。