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country music

coun·try mu·sic


noun 
Definition:
 
folk-based popular music: popular music, based on the traditional music of the rural South and the cowboy music of the West, whose songs express strong personal emotions. Country musicians typically play such instruments as the guitar and fiddle.


coun·try mu·si·cian noun
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