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Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the referenced videos below belong SOLELY to the original artists, and are thus not necessarily those of myself – actually most of them are far from it! Particularly as a drummer, I rarely listen to the actual words in music or watch the videos, but instead focus on the RHYTHMIC interaction of the vocal melody (if there is one) and other melodic instruments with the supporting RHYTHM section instruments to create the “groove,” with my focus particularly on the drumming. If the video and/or lyrics are objectionable to you, tune it out, or click to another song – there’s hundreds of thousands of songs to choose from here! However, my experience has shown that the Christian Genre does have worship and lyrics that you can genuinely live by – my favorites are on this YouTube Playlist. Also, YouTube is always changing, so some of these links may be wrong!
The main objective here is to understand the “formula” or “feel” of each Music Genre so that as an effective musician, you can “fake it till you make it!” It simply adds more “crayons to draw with.” Several bands that I created like The Revampers used these pages to “come up to speed” or “bone-up” quickly on Music Genres so that we could get “the main feel” across and even “revamp” some to make them fresh and exciting!
Music Genre: A category characterized by similarities of time period, geographical location, cultural/ethnic background of composer, instrumentation (or voices) or treatment of those instruments (or voices), means of transmission or dissemination, designated audience, musical form or structure, function, expressive style, or subject matter. For a list of every possible Music Genres, see Wikipedia and Wikipedia’s Music by Music Genre, www.MusicGenreList.com, All Music Genres.
GREEN links are to YouTube Video Playlists or Topic Channels (which also have definitions and playlists) unless otherwise noted, e.g., website songlists, Wikipedia articles, or other descriptive information. If you have something to contribute to this page, Contact Me.
Format: Music that is dominantly a Jazz Music Genre but with a Latin style/sub-genre would be called “Latin Jazz” and categorized here under the Jazz Music Genre heading as “Jazz-Latin” or possibly for grouping as “Latin Jazz.” However, if it is dominantly a Latin Music Genre heading with a Jazz style/sub-genre, you would find this as “Latin-Jazz” or possibly as “Jazz Latin.”
Browse/Sample music at Napster by Music Genre, Themes, Decades, What’s Trending, Top Picks, Moods, Activities, Featured, etc.
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Advertising Music Genre
Music in advertising refers to music integrated in (mass) electronic media advertisements in order to enhance its success. Music in advertising affects the way viewers perceive the brand by different means and on different levels, and “can significantly affect the emotional response to television commercials.” It also has an effect on the musicians whose music is featured in advertisements. See also Wikipedia, Topic Channel.
Top 10 Product Commercials, 104 Commercials, 189 Popular, 200 Commercials
Classic Commercials – 1950-60s – Part 1
Classic Commercials – 1950-60s – Part 2
Classic Commercials – 1960-80s – Part 1
Classic Commercials – 1960-80s – Part 2
Alternative Music Genre
“Alternative music” was a phrase invented in early 1980s describing bands which broke from the barrage of pop and hair metal and formed a new direction of more focused and honest rock, thus “Alternative Rock” doesn’t fit any other Rock Music Genre. Their only real connection in terms of roots is to the English Punk Rock movement, so technically “Alternative Rock” means rock descended from Punk Rock. In the early 1980s the underground Alternative Rock (mainly REM) began to be played on a few college radio stations, thus the term College Rock. In the 1990s, ironically as it spread and became commercially successful, it took the form of Grunge (starting in Seattle, Washington), which denounced commercialism. See Wikipedia.
Alternative – 186 Billboard #1 Hits – 1988-2002
Alternative – 144 #1 Hits – 1990s
Alternative – 151 #1 Hits – 2000-2015
Alternative – 105 Billboard #1 Hits of the 2000s
Alternative – 61 Billboard #1 Hits of the 2010s
Crossover Thrash: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 86 Playlist
Country-Alternative: (see Country genre):
Grunge: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 49 Best Of, 59 Songs
Lo-fi: Wikipedia’s Lo-Fi, Topic Channel, 7 Hits, Top 10 #1 Songs, 62 Hits
Lo-fi – Industrial: Topic Channel, Top 10
Metal-Alternative: Funk Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal: (see Rock-Metal genre)
New Wave: (see Pop genre)
Pop-Indie: Wikipedia, Topic Channel , Ultimate 2000s, 156 Top Tracks
Punk or Punk Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 50 Top Classics, 100 Greatest of All Time, 50 Best Ever
Punk-Art: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 293 Songs, 33 Videos, 19 Videos
Punk-Avant Garde: (see Avant-Garde genre)
Punk-Crust: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 53 Top Tracks, 108 Videos
Punk-Cyber: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 180 Videos, 54 Top Tracks
Punk-Folk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 54 Top Tracks, 37 Best of Acoustic
Punk-Hardcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 126 Old School, 134 Top Tracks
Punk-Indie: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Classics 1, 84 Classics 2
Punk-Steam: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Best Songs, 48 Bands
Punk-Surf: (see Rock-Surf genre)
Rock-Alternative or College: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 492 Top Tracks, 45 Best of 90s, 355 #1 Billboard Songs
Rock-Alternative: Geek Rock (Nerd Rock, Dork Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 177 Popular, 48 Songs
Rock-Alternative: Geek Rock: Time Lord Rock (Trock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 375 Songs
Rock-Experimental (see also Rock-Experimental genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 52 Top Tracks, 59 Songs
Rock-Gothic (Goth): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Greatest, 100 Pure Old-School
Rock-Indie: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top Tracks, 44 Best Of
Rock-Indie: Noise Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Rock-Indie: Shoegaze (Dream Pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 23 Best Of, 47 Top Tracks
Ambient Music Genre
Ambient music is a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. A form of slow instrumental music, it uses repetitive, but gentle, soothing sound patterns that can be described as sonic wallpaper to complement or alter one’s space and to generate a sense of calmness. Intended to relax, the Music Genre is said to evoke an “atmospheric”, “visual”, or “unobtrusive” quality.
Ambient music focuses on creating a mood or atmosphere through synthesizers and timbral qualities, often lacking the presence of any net composition, beat, or structured melody. It uses textural layers of sound without prevalent musical tropes, rewarding both passive and active listening. Nature sound-scapes are usually included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute, among others, may be emulated through a synthesizer. According to Brian Eno, one of its pioneers, “Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.” See Wikipedia, Topic Channel.
Sub-genres:
Dark Ambient (1980s Ambient Industrial: 19 Songs, 25 Songs): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 154 Horror Movie, 56 Top,
Drone: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 19 Top, 39 Songs
Lowercase: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 19 Songs, 16 Songs
Fusion Genres:
Ambient Dub: Wikipedia, Wikipedia’s Dub, 13 Songs, 29 Songs, 48 Songs
Ambient House: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 198 Popular, 5 Top
Ambient Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 77 Popular, 16 Songs
Illbient: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 42 Songs
Avant-Garde Music Genre
This is music that is considered to be at the forefront of experimentation (see Experimental Music) or innovation in its field, with the term “avant-garde” implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elements, and the idea of deliberately challenging or alienating audiences. See Wikipedia, AllMusic, Avant-Garde Music Topic Channel, Avante-Garde Topic Channel, 75 Top Tracks.
Classical Avant-Garde: AllMusic, 3 Songs, 5 Best, 20th c. Piano, 23 Baroque-Classical
Electronic Avant-Garde: 20 Best, 5 Songs, 4 Songs, 3 Songs
Avant-Garde Jazz: Topic Channel, 500 Top, 321 Songs
Avant-Garde Metal: Topic Channel, 200 Songs, 40 Songs, 11 Top
Avant-Garde Pop: Topic Channel, 7 70s & 80s Ambient-pop, 16 Songs, 8 Songs
Avant-Prog: 20 Songs, 16 Songs, 22 Songs, 86 Songs
Avant-Punk: 32 Songs, 52 Songs
Avant-Garde Rock: 9 Songs, 21 Songs
Blues Music Genre
Most “Blues” feature simple, usually three-chord progressions and have simple structures that are open to endless improvisations, both lyrical and musical. Classic 12-bar Country Blues moved to the city in the black diaspora that accompanied the depression of the 1930s, and as a result gave us urban Electric Blues. Soon there was jump blues, which became Rhythm ’n’ Blues, which then crossed over into Rock ’n’ Roll. Then Gospel got a taste of the ‘Devil’s music’, and morphed into Soul. Following the Civil War, the Blues arose as “a distillate of the African music brought over by slaves. Field hollers, ballads, church music and rhythmic dance tunes called ‘jump-ups’ evolved into a music for a singer who would engage in call-and-response with his guitar. He would sing a line, and the guitar would answer it.” By the 1890s the Blues were sung in many of the rural areas of the South. And by 1910, the word ‘Blues’ as applied to the musical tradition was in fairly common use. See Wikipedia.
Blues: Wikipedia’s Standards List, Gold Standard Song List, Topic Channel, 57 Standards, 1920s Hits, 1930s Hits, 1940s Hits, 1950s Hits, 1960s Hits
Blues-Acoustic: Wikipedia (see Country Blues), Topic Channel, 28 Songs, 36 Best Of
Blues-British: Wikipedia, Topic Channel,1960s Songs, Best of Vol 1, Best of Vol 2
Blues-Chicago: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top Tracks,176 Best Of
Blues-Classic Female: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 165 Top Tracks, 200 Popular Classic
Blues-Contemporary: Wikipedia, Top 10 Guitarists, 31 Songs
Blues-Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 10 Best Of, 50 Greatest
Blues-Delta: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 22 Best Songs, 500 Top Tracks
Blues-Electric: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top Tracks, 75 Best Of
Blues-Jazz: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 33 Top Tracks, 19 Songs
Blues-Jump: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Top Tracks, 158 Songs
Blues-Louisiana: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Greatest Hits, 16 Songs
Blues-Memphis: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Top 10, 41 Songs
Blues-New Orleans: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 1960s Songs, 200 Popular,44 Songs
Blues-Piano: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 40 Top Tracks, 18 Best Of
Blues-Punk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Punk Blues Review,93 Songs
Blues-Ragtime: Popmatters’s Rough Guide, Ragtime Blues Progression, 90 Songs
Blues-Soul: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 1960s Songs, 158 Southern Best
Blues-St. Louis: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 38 Legends, 200 Popular
Blues-Swamp: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 157 Songs, 200 Popular
Blues-Texas: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 176 Favorites, 16 Top Tracks
Blues-West Coast: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 82 Songs, Top 10
Boogie-woogie: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 144 Top
Children’s (Kid’s) Music Genre
Most albums targeted nationally to children are soundtracks for motion pictures or symbiotic marketing projects involving mass-marketed acts such as The Wiggles or Veggie Tales. The 21st century has also seen an increase in the number of independent children’s music artists. Trout Fishing in America has achieved much acclaim continuing the tradition of merging sophisticated folk music with family-friendly lyrics. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo infuses hip-hop with family friendly messages and imaginative stories and is known as “The King of Kid-Hop”. Also recently, traditionally rock-oriented acts like They Might Be Giants have released albums marketed directly to children, such as “No!” and “Here Come the ABCs.” Jimmy Buffett simply remade his Cheeseburger in Paradise song into children’s music with cleaned up lyrics (“Root Beer” instead of “Draft Beer”). His songs were already kid friendly with catchy lyrics and simple melodies punctuated with penny whistles and ship bell sound effects. See Wikipedia’s Children’s Music and Children’s Song.
Disney: Wikipedia’s Walt Disney Record Discography, Disney Music Channel, 234 Ultimate
Dubstep: Topic Channel, 11 Songs, 20 Songs
Holidays: (see Holidays genre)
Lullabies: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 127 for Kids, 150 Rock-a-bye Baby, 47 Christian for Babies
Sing-Along: Wikipedia’s Disney, Disney Topic Channel, Regular Topic Channel, 28 Disney, 158 Rhymes & Songs, 25 Christian, 69 Kid’s Bible
Stories: Wikipedia, Bedtime Stories, 49 Disney Bedtime, 56 Bedtime Animation
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Special Needs: 16 Songs About, 16 Music Therapy, 12 Early Childhood & Needs, 10 on Teaching
Autism: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 8 Sing-Along Therapy, Speech & Learning, 20 Learning, Calming Music, 64 Justin’s Songs
Christian Music Genre
This is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world. The music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or with a positive message as an entertainment product for the marketplace. See also Wikipedia, and Wikipedia’s Christian Music Genres.
Christian-Children’s: (see Children’s genre)
Christian-Classic: ClassicChristian247.com, ClassicChristianRadio.com, 91 1970s Songs, 33 Songs
Christian-Contemporary (CCM, Inspirational Music): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 304 Favs, 217 Awesome Songs
Christian Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Christian Hip Hop (Rap): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 189 Best, 140 Best, 499 Top Tracks
Christian Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 136 Heavy, 22 Top Tracks
Christian Metal, Unblack Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 161 Songs
Christian Pop: Wikipedia, 64 Upbeat, 48 Songs, 131 Songs, 43 Best
Christian Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 88 Best, 58 Best Bands, 142 Best
Gospel: Wikipedia, Gold Standard Song List, 500 Top Tracks, 70 Top, 55 Top 2018
Gospel Blues: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 262 Songs, 21 Very Best
Gospel-Bluegrass: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 157 Songs, 83 Songs, 33 Best
Gospel-Country: 28 Old Songs, 149 Songs, 72 Classics, 120 2018 Songs
Gospel-Southern: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 703 Songs, 87 Greats, 500 Top Tracks
Gospel-Traditional-Black: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 103 Greatest Old School, 154 Classics, 124 Songs
Gospel-Urban Contemporary: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 315 Popular with Lyrics, 70 Songs, 200 Popular
Praise & Worship: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 122 Best Ever, Top 40 2018, 94 Best of Hillsong
Classical Music Genre
Classical Music is Western Art Music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both religious and secular music. While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period). The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common-practice period. For more descriptions of this Music Genre, see Wikipedia, Topic Channel. The major time divisions of music are as follows:
Prehistoric music period: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 119 Popular
Ancient music period (before 500 AD): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 136 Songs
Early music period: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 7 Songs
- Medieval (500–1400): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 67 True Early, 108 Top, 24 Songs
- Renaissance (1400–1600): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 14 Songs, 19 Songs
- Baroque (1600–1750): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 13 songs, 100 Songs
- Galant (1720s–1770s): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 29 Songs, 171 Songs
Common-practice period: Wikipedia
- Baroque (1600–1750): see above.
- Galant (1720s–1770s): see above.
- Classical (1750–1820): Wikipedia, Documentary, Topic Channel, 51 Songs,
- Romantic (1780–1910): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 36 Songs, 226 Classical Guitar
20th-century: Wikipedia
- Impressionism (1875–1925): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Songs, 30 Piano
- Expressionist (1918-1950): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 51 Songs, 23 Songs
- Modernism (1890–1930) that overlaps from the late-19th century: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Songs, 13 Songs
- High Modernism (1930-present): Wikipedia, Defined & History
- Neoclassicism (1920–1950): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 19 Best, 48 Songs
- Postmodern (1930 or late 1960s–present): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 43 Songs, 100 Popular
- Contemporary (1945 or 1975–present): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Songs, 23 Top
21st-century (2001-present): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 62 Songs, 50 Songs, Gold Standard Song List
Avant-Garde: (see Avant-Garde genre)
Chamber Music: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 22 Best for Relaxing, 100 Best
Chant: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Chant-Gregorian: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 79 Top, 11 Best
Choral: Wikipedia, 173 Songs, 41 Songs
Classical Crossover: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 395 Songs, 68 Top
Computer Music: (see Computer genre)
Experimental: (see Experimental genre)
Opera: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 29 Best, 22 Hits, 15 Top
Postminimalism: Wikipedia or Wikipedia’s Minimal Music, Topic Channel, 9 Composers, 9 Songs
Comedy Music Genre
Comedy music is music that is comic or humorous in nature. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Comedy Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel,47 Bands, 103 Songs
Comedy Hip Hop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 24 Songs
Novelty Song: Wikipedia, Topic Channel , Top 200, 364 Demented, 176 Songs
Parody: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Weird Al Channel, 10 Best SNL, 13 Best, 32 Greatest, Parody-Funk – 1980s
Standup: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 21 Songs, 30 Songs
Vaudeville: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 99 Top, 30 Songs, 51 Songs
Computer Music Genre
Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and application of new and existing computer software technologies and basic aspects of music, such as sound synthesis, digital signal processing, sound design, sonic diffusion, acoustics, and psycho-acoustics. The field of computer music can trace its roots back to the origins of electronic music, and the very first experiments and innovations with electronic instruments at the turn of the 20th century. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Magazine Topic Channel, All-Stars Topic Channel, Top 10, 10 Songs, 4 Classics. See also Electronic Music and EDM.
Computer-generated Music with Video: 22 Songs
History: 26 Videos
How To: 202 Tutorials, 194 Artists in Studio
Algorithm: 7 Songs, 7 More, 85 Popular
Classical: 16 Songs
Christmas: 12 Songs
Early, Oldies, Retro: 16 Songs, 113 Songs, 12 Songs, 15 Songs, 25 Songs
K-Pop Computer Music (see also World genre): 21 Songs
Country Music Genre
Although musicians had been recording fiddle tunes (Old Time Music) in the southern Appalachians for several years, Country music truly found its footing in the early 1920’s. The first commercial recording of “country music” was “Sallie Gooden” by fiddlist A.C. (Eck) Robertson in 1922. Country music was a federation of styles, rather than a monolithic style. Its origins were lost in the early decades of colonization, when the folk dances (Scottish reels, Irish jigs, and square dances – the poor man’s version of the French “cotillion” and “quadrille”) and the British ballad got transplanted into America and got mixed with the religious hymns of church and camp meetings. In 1923, Fiddlin’ John Carson recorded “Little Log Cabin in the Lane,” and Vernon Dalhart was the first Country singer to have a nationwide hit in May of 1924 with “Wreck of the Old ’97.” In 1925, The Skillet Lickers were formed, and “The Dying Cowboy” by Carl T. Sprague was the top country record. Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music,” credited with the first million-selling single, “Blue Yodel #1″ and his catalog of songs, all recorded between 1927 and 1933. The musical styles were reminiscent of their British ancestors, but the lyrics were completely different: The Americans disliked the subject of love, to which they preferred practical issues such as real-world experiences (ranching, logging, mining, railroads) and real-world tragedies (bank robberies, natural disasters, murders, train accidents).
“Alternative Country” was coined in 1990s for any type of country music that was played during a time when it wasn’t popular according to main stream standards. County Pop that started in the 1960s is perhaps the most listened, popular Country music (top 40), which crosses over or blends in other Music Genre, often Hip Hop. Pop country artists are classified under this genre if their country songs cross over and make it onto the top 40 radio pop list. Bluegrass is a fusion of Country music, Jazz, Ragtime, and Traditional music. Typical sounds and instruments unique to this genre are: fiddles, guitars, bass, drums, banjo, harmonica, mandolin, and vocals. Rockabilly (a Rock Music Genre), was hillbilly music, became popular in the 1950s, and was heavily influenced by: Country, Honky Tonk, Swing, and R & B, their sound made unique by guitar, drums, double bass, and piano. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Hit Superstars Topic Channel, Heroes Topic Channel, All-Stars Topic Channel, Guitar Players Topic Channel
American: 147 Greats, 139 Hits
American: Outlaw Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel,37 Top, 502 Classic, 74 Real Deal
American: Texas Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 85 Songs, 101 Best
American: Western Swing: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 47 Top, 198 Popular
Bluegrass: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 35 Instrumental Standards, 500 Top, 103 Classics
Bluegrass Gospel: (see Christian genre)
Bluegrass-Neo Traditional: Wikipedia
Bluegrass-New Orleans: Bluegrass-New Orleans
Bluegrass-Progressive: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 11 Top, 200 Popular
Bluegrass-Traditional: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 355 Songs, 17 Songs
Country: Topic Channel, 140 Standards, 80 Standards, 54 Standards, 53 Standards, 51 Standards, 46 Standards, 42 Standards, 25 Standards, 100 2018, 122 2010-2018 Favs
County & Western (see also Western and Traditional Country below): Topic Channel, 658 Best, 39 Old, 24 Songs
Country Pop: (see Pop genre)
Country Rap: (Hick-Hop, Rural Rap): (see Hip-Hop genre)
Country Rock: (see Pop genre)
Country-Alternative (Insurgent Country, Americana): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 311 Songs
Country-Contemporary: 42 Best, 20 No.1’s, 28 Songs, 126 Songs
Country-Christian: (see Christian genre)
Country-Gospel: (see Christian genre)
Country-Progressive: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 11 Songs, 13 Songs, 18 Songs, 101 Songs
Honky Tonk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 114 90s, 185 Top All Time, 108 Songs
Urban Cowboy: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Soundtrack, 18 Songs
Western (see also Country & Western above): Topic Channel, 17 Old Time, 20 Songs
Easy Listening (Mood) Music Genre
From Rhapsody: It contains both vocal (like Dean Martin and Glen Campbell) and instrumental music (like Jackie Gleason, Ray Conniff, Burt Bacharach), offering easy listening pleasures for hard-living fans, laying out lush swing and pop-inflected mood-scapes that can work as unobtrusive background music or blueprints for romantic conquest, or conjure up imaginary worlds filled with shining space crafts, densely foliated jungles or streamlined convertibles zipping along lightly populated freeways.
From Wikipedia: Easy listening (sometimes known as mood music) is a popular Music Genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 197 It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs and popular non-rock vocals. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various day parts during the broadcast day. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, All-Stars Topic Channel, Instrumentals Topic Channel.
Ambient (see also Ambient genre): Topic Channel, 5 Songs, 66 Songs
Beautiful Music (MB, B/EZ, BM/EZ): Wikipedia, 22 Songs, 44 Songs
Chill-out: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 212 Songs, 83 Songs
Lounge: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, All-Stars Topic Channel, 72 1960-70s, 100 Songs
Lounge-Jazz (see also Jazz-Smooth genre): All-star Topic Channel, Restaurant Jazz Topic Channel, 42 Top Tracks, 11 Morning, 30 Songs
Lounge-Swing (see also Jazz-Swing genre): 52 Songs, 14 Piano Songs, 7 Songs, 52 Songs
Electronic Music Genre
According to Collins Dictionary: a form of music consisting of sounds produced by oscillating electric currents either controlled from an instrument panel or keyboard or prerecorded on magnetic tape. Per Wikipedia, Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means (electroacoustic music), and that produced using electronics only. Electromechanical instruments include mechanical elements, such as strings, hammers, and so on, and electric elements, such as magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, which are typically made loud enough for performers and audiences to hear with an instrument amplifier and speaker cabinet. Pure electronic instruments do not have vibrating strings, hammers, or other sound-producing mechanisms. Devices such as the theremin, synthesizer, and computer can produce electronic sounds. Topic Channel. See also Electronica/Electronic Dance Music.
2-Step (2-Step Garage): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Songs, 23 Classic, 27 UK
8Bit, Bitpop (Chiptune): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 8 Bit Universe Topic Channel 1, Channel 2, 485 Top, 28 Covers
Bassline (Bassline House, Organ House, Niche, 4×4): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 41 Top, 192 2018
Chillwave (Glo-Fi, Hypnagogic Pop, Dream-Beat): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 30 Top, 200 Popular
Downtempo (Trip Hop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Trip Hop Wikipedia, Trip Hop Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Electro (Electro Funk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 81 Top, 66 Best
Electro: Electrocore: Last.fm, Topic Channel, 67 Popular, 53 Top
Electro: Skweee (Scandinavian Funk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 14 Songs, 183 Songs
Electroclash: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 107 Top, 184 Popular
Electro House: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 195 Popular, 258 Top
Electro Swing (Swing House): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 198 Popular, 90 Top
Electronic Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 246 Top, 84 Songs
Electronic Rock: Dance Punk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 12 Songs, 79 Songs
Electronic Rock: Electroclash (see above)
Electronic Rock: Indietronica: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 371 Songs
Electronic Rock: New Rave: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 199 Popular, 44 Songs
Electronic Rock: Post-Punk Revival: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Top, 34 Songs, 192 Songs
Electronic Rock: Post-Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 99 Top, 166 Songs
Experimental (see Wikipedia) or Intelligent Dance Music (IDM or Braindance): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 54 Top, 180 Songs
Glitch: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 74 Top, 200 Popular
Hardstyle: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Progressive Electronic(a): (see New Age genre)
Electronica or Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Genre
Per Wikipedia’s article, although the music started in the late 1980s, this music term was used in the late 1990s to describe the overt use of electronic music (by electronic instruments, synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines, digital audio samples or loops) in Techno, Big Beat, Drum & Bass, Trip Hop, Downtempo, and Ambient style, originally created for dancing in underground nightclubs and rave scenes but later for concentrated listening (AllMusic: “for headphone and chillout areas”) simply as an alternative to Alternative Rock. By the mid-1990s, the union of the club community and independent labels provided the experimental and trend-setting environment (especially in New York City) for Electronica acts to develop and reach the mainstream. By late 1990s and early 2000s, it found its way into TV ads, video games, computers, and financial services. That’s why by the early 2010s, the term Electronic Dance Music (EDM) was instead favored due to its roots in academia and increasing association with outdoor music festivals and more mainstream, post-rave Electro House and Dubstep music. However, in the UK and other parts of the world, Electronica is a broader term for non-dance-oriented music, including relatively experimental style of Downtempo electronic music, partly overlapping with non-UK as Intelligent Dance Music (IDM). Alternative versions (remixes) became prevalent in Ambient, Jungle, and EDM. Topic Channel. See An Idiot’s Guide to EDM Genres. See also Electronic Music Genre.
Club (Club Dance): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 82 Songs, 143 Songs
Breakcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 77 Top, 229 Songs
Breakcore: Raggacore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 166 Popular, 45 Songs
Breakcore: Noisecore (see Hardcore Techno and Power Noise): Topic Channel, 20 Classic, 55 Top 20
Breakbeat (Breakstep Wikipedia): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 487 2017
Breakbeat: Acid Breaks: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 90 Popular, 143 Songs
Breakbeat: Big Beat: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 24 Top, 39 Essential
Breakbeat: Broken Beat: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 65 Top, 36 Best
Breakbeat: Florida Breaks: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 13 Top, 17 Classics, 185 Songs
Breakbeat: Nu Funk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 48 Songs, 34 Songs
Breakbeat: Nu Skool Breaks: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 296 Songs, 176 Songs
Brostep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 14 Top, 348 Songs
Chillstep: Wikipedia, 91 Songs, 77 Songs
Drum & (‘n’) Bass (D&B, DnB, D’n’B): Wikipedia, Sub-genres, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 83 Songs
D&B: Ambient D&B (59 Atmospheric D&B, Intelligent D&B Topic, 132 Intelligent Jungle, 26 Jazzy D&B): 25 Songs, 3 Songs , 79 Songs
D&B: Breakcore: (see Breakcore above)
D&B: Darkstep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 7 Top, 79 Songs, 33 Songs
D&B: Drill ‘n’ Bass (Fungle, Spunk Jazz): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 70 Songs
D&B: Drumstep (Halftime): Topic Channel, 3 Top, 27 Songs, 94 Songs
D&B: Hardstep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 5 Top, 193 Songs
D&B: Jazzystep (Jungle Jazz): 58 Songs, 102 Songs
D&B: Jump-Up: Topic Channel, 11 Top, 447 2017, 68 Songs
D&B: Liquid Funk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 18 Top, 68 Songs, 122 Songs
D&B: Neurofunk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 10 Top, 165 Vocal, 24 Best
D&B: Ragga D&B: Wikipedia’s Ragga Jungle, Topic Channel, 77 Songs, 33 Songs
D&B: Sambass (Brazillian D&B): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 80 Classics
D&B: Techstep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel , 225 Songs, 16 Best, 231 Songs
Dubstep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 57 Songs
Dubstep-Christmas: (see Holiday genre)
Dubstep-Kids: (see Children’s genre)
Dub-Liquid: Urban Dictionary, 21 Vocal, 161 Songs
Garage (Garage House, New York House): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 72 US Classics, 102 Old School
Garage-Future: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 495 Ultimate
Garage-Speed: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 436 95-2006
Garage-UK: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 65 Top, 53 Classics
Glitch: (see Electronic genre)
Glitch Hop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Popular, 48 Songs
Glitch Pop: Wikipedia, 257 Songs, 21 Songs
Grime: Wikipedia (follow Music Genre link), Topic Channel, 136 Top, 106 Songs
Grime-Alternative: LastFm, Spotify
Grime-Tropical: Spotify, 27 Songs
Grime: Rhythm & Grime (R & G): Topic Channel, 69 Songs, 10 Best
Grime: Sinogrime: TimeoutBeijing Primer, 79 Songs, 17 Songs, 33 Songs
Hard Dance: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Masters Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 120 Masters
NRG (Hard NRG Topic, Nu NRG Topic, Filthy Hard House, Filth): Wikipedia, 14 Old School, 41 Albums
NRG-Hi: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 295 Classics, 101 80s, 5 Top Mixes
House: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 49 1980s, 127 Old School
House-Acid: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Best, 54 Classics
House-Balearic (Balearic Beat, Balearic): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 54 1980s
House-Deep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 195 Top, 477 Top
House-Diva (see Handbag House): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 160 Popular, 28 Classics
House-Electro: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 247 Top, 99 Top
House-Experimental: Topic Channel, 61 Set, 45 Songs
House-Funky: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 40 Top, 83 Songs
House-Future (UK Deep House Topic): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 58 Songs
House-Future: Jackin’ (Gully) House: Wikipedia, 36 Songs, 212 Classics
House-Hard (UK Hard House): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 50 Top, 271 Classic
House: Hardbag: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 40 Popular, 45 Songs
House: Microhouse: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 3 Top, 523 Songs, 99 2018
House-Outsider: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 52 Popular, 45 Songs
House-Swing (Electro-Swing): see Electronic genre
House-Tribal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 36 Top, 31 Songs, 39 Best
House-Tropical: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 98 Spotify, 52 Songs
Jungle (Old School Jungle): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 80 Top, 317 Songs
Jungle-Intelligent: (see Ambient D&B above)
Jungle-Ragga: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 119 Songs
Progressive Electronic(a): (see New Age genre)
Techno: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Techno-Acid: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 31 Top
Techno-Ambient (Intelligent Techno): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Techno-Bouncy: (see also Happy Hardcore): Wikipedia and Topic Channel
Funcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Techno-Dub: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Techno-Hardcore (Hardcore): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 399 Top
Techno-Hardcore: Darkcore (Doomcore Topic): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 3 Top, 31 Songs, 160 1993
Techno-Hardcore-Early (Gabber): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 82 Top
Techno-Hardcore-Industrial: (see Industrial genre)
Techno-Hardcore-Mainstream (30 Mainstyle, 37 Newstyle Hardcore, Frenchcore Topic): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 38 Best, 109 2017
Techno-Hardcore: Makina: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 81 Songs
Techno-Hardcore: Speedcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 130 Top
Techno-Industrial: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Techno-Minimal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 56 Top, 81 Songs
Trance: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Trance-Acid: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 13 Top, 144 1990s
Trance-Balearic (see House-Balearic, 12 Ibiza Trance): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Trance-Goa: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 73 Top
Trance-Hard: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 77 Top
Trance-Progressive: Urban Dictionary, Topic Channel, 48 Popular, 66 Songs
Trance-Psychedelic (Psytrance): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 366 Top
Trance: Dark Psytrance: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 25 Top, 228 Songs
Trance-Tech: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 19 Top, 40 Songs
Trance-Uplifting (162 Epic, 4 Energetic, 24 Anthem, 230 Emotional, 42 Euphoric Trance – also Electropop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 26 Top
Trance-Vocal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Top, 136 Best
Trap (see also Hop-Hop genre): Wikipedia (follow EDM link), Nation Topic Channel, Topic Channel, Network Channel, 500 Top, 52 2018
Experimental Music Genre
This is a general label for any music that pushes existing boundaries and Music Genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music. Elements of experimental music include indeterminate music, in which the composer introduces the elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to either the composition or its performance. Artists may also approach a hybrid of disparate styles or incorporate unorthodox and unique element.
The practice became prominent in the mid-20th century, particularly in Europe and North America. John Cage was one of the earliest composers to use the term and one of experimental music’s primary innovators, utilizing indeterminacy techniques and seeking unknown outcomes. In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using the term “musique expérimentale” to describe compositional activities that incorporated tape music, musique concrète, and elektronische Musik. Also, in America, a quite distinct sense of the term was used in the late 1950s to describe computer-controlled composition associated with composers such as Lejaren Hiller. Harry Partch as well as Ivor Darreg worked with other tuning scales based on the physical laws for harmonic music. For this music they both developed a group of experimental musical instruments. Musique concrète (French; literally, “concrete music”), is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s) involved; in many cases the musicians make an active effort to avoid “clichés”, i.e., overt references to recognizable musical conventions or genres.
In the 1950s, the term “experimental” was often applied by conservative music critics — along with a number of other words, such as “engineers art”, “musical splitting of the atom”, “alchemist’s kitchen”, “atonal”, and “serial” — as a deprecating jargon term, which must be regarded as “abortive concepts”, since they did not “grasp a subject.” This was an attempt to marginalize, and thereby dismiss various kinds of music that did not conform to established conventions. In 1955, Pierre Boulez identified it as a “new definition that makes it possible to restrict to a laboratory, which is tolerated but subject to inspection, all attempts to corrupt musical morals. Once they have set limits to the danger, the good ostriches go to sleep again and wake only to stamp their feet with rage when they are obliged to accept the bitter fact of the periodical ravages caused by experiment.” He concludes, “There is no such thing as experimental music … but there is a very real distinction between sterility and invention.” Starting in the 1960s, “experimental music” began to be used in America for almost the opposite purpose, in an attempt to establish an historical category to help legitimize a loosely identified group of radically innovative, “outsider” composers. Whatever success this might have had in academe, this attempt to construct a genre was as abortive as the meaningless name-calling noted by Metzger, since by the “genre’s” own definition the work it includes is “radically different and highly individualistic.” It is therefore not a genre, but an open category, “because any attempt to classify a phenomenon as unclassifiable and (often) elusive as experimental music must be partial.” Furthermore, the characteristic indeterminacy in performance “guarantees that two versions of the same piece will have virtually no perceptible musical ‘facts’ in common” (Nyman 1974, 9). See Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular videos. See also Avant-Garde genre.
Biomusic (also a sub-genre of New-Age genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 154 Popular
Classical (see also Classical genre): 64 Songs, 28 Piano
Contemporary: 24 Songs, 491 Ultra
Documentaries: 35 Docs
Electroacoustic: 19 1950-60s
Electronic (see also Electronic genre): 129 Songs
Experimental Turntablism (see also Hip Hop genre): 15 Songs
House: (see EDM-House-Experimental)
Instruments: 161 Videos
Jazz: (see Jazz-Experimental)
Musicians: 70 Videos
Pop: (see Pop-Experimental)
Rock: (see Rock-Experimental)
Russian: 27 Videos
Fitness & Workout Music Genre
The interplay of exercise and music have been long-discussed, crossing the disciplines of biomechanics, neurology, physiology, and sport psychology. People “automatically feel the beat” of the music they listen to and instinctively adjust their walking pace and heart rate to the tempo of the music. Listening to music while exercising has been found in multiple studies to create an increased sense of motivation, distracting the mind while increasing heart rate. Faster tempo music has been found by researchers to motivate exercisers to work harder when performing at a moderate pace, but peak performance has been found to be unaffected by listening to music. Generally, studies suggest that athletes use music in purposeful ways to facilitate training and performance. For more see Wikipedia.
Workout Playlist Proven to Work
Live Strong’s Best Workout Music
Fitness Magazine’s 100 Best Workout Songs
Timeout’s 50 Best Workout Songs
Hop Hop / Rap Music Genre
Hip Hop, Rap (rhythmic/rhyming speech or chant or MCing), and R & B Music Genres are closely associated with each other. Hip Hop music takes its roots from Jamaican Reggae and dance hall music that was quite popular in the late 1960s. It was mainly originated in Jamaica and was later spread to America and then the world. The music became quite popular among inner-city African Americans and Latinos in the 1970s. There are very few musical instruments used in order to create Hip Hop because most of the sound is synthetic from synthesizers, drum machines (or mimicked by vocal Beatboxing/B-Boxing), turntables (DJing, Turntabilism, Scratching, and mimicked by B-Boxing), samplers and many more such electronic machines (see Electronic and Electronica Music Genres). See Wikipedia, also Wikipedia’s List of Hop Hop Music Genres, Rapping Topic Channel.
Bounce: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 30 Songs, 115 Songs
Crunk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 64 Top, 115 Songs
Crunk: Snap (Snap Rap, Ringtone Rap): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Top 22, 23 Songs
Dirty South (South Coast Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop, Southern Rap): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Hip Hop-Industrial: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Songs, 12 Songs
Horrorcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 44 Top, 121 Songs
Rap: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 245 Best 2018, 88 All Time
Rap-Alternative: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rap-Chicano: (see Latin genre)
Rap-Country: (Hick-Hop, Rural Rap): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Rap-East Coast: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Rap-Gangsta: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rap-Hardcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 78 Top, 57 Songs
Rap-Jazz: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 50 Top, 94 1990s, 34 Songs
Rap-Latin: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rap-Old School (Old Skool Rap/Hip Hop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rap-Underground: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 85 Top, 452 Songs
Rap-West Coast: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Trap (see also EDM genre): Wikipedia (follow Hip-Hop link), Topic Channel, 50 Top, 500 Top
Turntablism: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 39 Top, 44 Top
Turntablism-Experimental: (see Experimental genre)
Holiday Music Genre
This ranges from the spiritual to the celebratory, and often manages to be both at once.
Jewish Holiday Songs: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Authentic
Chanukah (Hanukkah): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 175 Popular, 27 Top
Christmas: Wikipedia, Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, 500 Top
Christmas-Children’s: Wikipedia, Chorus Topic Channel, 151 Top
Christmas-Classic: Topic Channel, 151 Top
Christmas-Classical: Topic Channel, 20 Songs
Christmas-Comedy: 176 Weird, 41 Crazy, 12 Kids, 11 Classics
Christmas-Dubstep: Topic Channel, 23 Top
Christmas-Jazz: Topic Channel, 81 Top
Christmas-Modern: Topic Channel, 44 Songs
Christmas-Pop: 2018 Pop, 19 Best, 55 Punk, 14 Best
Christmas-R&B: Topic Channel, 89 Songs
Christmas-Religious: 60 Songs, 92 Christ-Centered
Easter: Topic Channel, Piano Channel, 40 Mormon Choir, 4 Instrumental
Halloween: Topic Channel, 64 Party, 80 Best, 80 Best Party
Thanksgiving: Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, 331 Top
Industrial Music Genre
This is a genre of experimental music which draws on harsh, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines it as the “most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music”; “initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments (tape music, musique concrète, white noise, synthesizers, sequencers, etc.) and punk provocation”. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by members of Throbbing Gristle in the UK and Monte Cazazza from San Francisco California, though many artists came from Chicago in the 1980s (Front 242, KMFDM, Front Line Assembly, Sister Machine Gun). UrbanDictionary says: “A very dark and experimental genre of music. The genre was first created by Throbbing Gristle in the 1970’s. The sound is characterized by drone-like noises in an ambient style and frequent use of found objects and electronic instruments (mainly the keyboard and computer programming but electric guitars, bass, and drums are found in it). Industrial music became more well-known when the Music Genres of Industrial Rock and Industrial Metal first came into being. Fans of Industrial music are called rivetheads though Industrial is very popular with straight up Goths.” See Wikipedia, Wikipedia Sub-genres, Topic Channel.
Electronic Body Music (EBM): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 43 Top, 26 Songs
Industrial-Electro (Industrial Dance Music Wikipedia, see Electronic Body Music above): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Industrial Hardcore (see also EDM genre, Techno-Hardcore): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 15 Top, 9 Popular, 104 Songs
Industrial Hip Hop: (see Hip Hop genre)
Industrial Lo-Fi: (see Alternative-LoFi genre)
Industrial-Martial: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Industrial Metal: (see Rock-Metal genre)
Industrial Rock: (see Rock genre)
Industrial Techno: (see EDM-Techno genre)
Neofolk (Post-Industrial, Apocalyptic Folk): (see Singer-Songwriter/Folk genre)
Power Noise (Rhythmic Noise, Noize, Distorted Beat Music, see also fusion of Noise Music + EDM): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 95 Songs, 78 Songs
Jazz Music Genre
This genre originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, USA, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in Blues and Ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as ‘America’s classical music’. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, Jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing rhythm and blue notes, call and response vocals, poly-rhythms, and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including Blues and Ragtime, as well as European Military Band music. Although the foundation of Jazz is deeply rooted within the black experience of the United States, different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as “one of America’s original art forms”. See also Wikipedia, Wikipedia List of Jazz Music Genres.
Jazz: Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Academy Channel
Woodshed’s 300 Jazz Tunes to Know: Prioritized (36 Critical, 51 High, 126 Medium, 183 Low) and Categorized (Ballads, Blues, Jazz Standards, Latin, Rhythm Changes, Standards) plus Learning tips.
Matt Warnock’s Top 100 Jazz Standards: 11 Ballads, 8 Pre-Bebop, 9 Bebop, 8 Blues, 8 Brazilian, 7 Latin, 9 Guitar Greats, 14 Jam Classics, 10 Modal, 9 Modern, 8 Waltzes
Index of Jazz Standards to Learn: History, Biography, Chord Charts, Play-along, Popular Recordings, Practice Guide
List of 50 Jazz Standards Every Jazz Musician Needs to Know
Jazz 24.org listener’s 100 Quintessential Jazz Songs of All Time
RateYourMusic.com 100 Greatest Jazz Standards of All Time
Hope Street Music Studios’ 100 Must-Know Jazz Tunes
48 Oldies, Big Band, Swing, Jazz Standards
Top 100 Jazz Classics Playlist – Best Jazz Songs of All Time
100 Must Know Jazz Standards Consensus List
Jazz Backing Tracks: Funk, Rock, Smooth, Blues, Jazz Standards, Real Book, much more.
33 Bass & Drums Backing Tracks of Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s List of Jazz Standards List: see all 291 videos
Wikipedia’s List of pre-1920 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s List of 1920 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s List of 1930 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s List of 1940 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s 1940s Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s List of post-1950 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s 1955-59 Jazz Standards
Wikipedia’s 1960-64 Jazz Standards
Jazz – 1970s 24 Soothing Sax Jazz Music Hits
Jazz – 1970s Jazz Fusion (Jazz-Funk, Bass, Instrumentals)
Jazz – 1970s Jazz Fusion (33 videos)
Bebop (Bop): Wikipedia, 14 Fast Standards to Know, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 31 Top
Bop-Hard: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Bop-Neo: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 21 Popular
Bop-Post: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Big Band (see also Swing below): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 74 Top
Bossa Nova: (see World-Brazilian genre)
British Dance Band: Wikipedia, 62 Carroll Gibbons, 18 Lew Stone, 197 Savoy Orpheans
Dixieland (Traditional Jazz of New Orleans, Hot Jazz): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 182 Top
New Orleans: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
New Orleans Second-Line: Wikipedia’s Second Line (Parades), 29 Songs, 6 Songs, 114 Songs, 9 Drumming,
Free Funk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Free Improvisation (Free Music): Wikipedia, 195 Songs, 77 Songs, 179 Songs
Jazz-Acid: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Jazz-African (South African Jazz): Wikipedia, Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, 200 Popular, 93 Popular
Jazz-AfroBrazilian (see also World-Brazilian genre): Connection Topic
Jazz-AfroCuban: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 211 Songs, 21 Top, 1950s
Jazz-Asian American: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 25 Popular
Jazz-Avant Garde: (see Avant-Garde Music)
Jazz-Blue Note Jazz Club: Wikipedia, All-Stars Topic Channel, 8 Top, 19 Top, Jazz Club Channel
Jazz-Brazilian: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 27 Songs, 11 Top Guitar, 46 Smooth
Jazz-Cape: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 49 Popular
Jazz-Chamber: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 187 Popular
Jazz-Continental: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 13 Popular
Jazz-Cool: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 36 Songs, Early 50s, 50s-60s
Jazz-Crossover: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Jazz-Dark: Reddit, Spotify, Last.FM, Topic Channel, 45 Popular
Jazz-Ethno (World Jazz): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 69 Songs
Jazz-Free: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 16 Top, 200 Popular
Jazz-Free-European: Wikipedia, Topic Channel
Jazz Funk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 144 Top, 200 Popular
Jazz Fusion (Fusion, Jazz-Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Jazz-Gypsy (Gypsy Swing, Hot Club): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 203 Top, 200 Popular
Jazz-Hot: (see Dixieland above)
Jazz-Indo: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Jazz-Kansas City: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 6 Top
Jazz-Latin (see also Afro-Cuban Jazz, Afro-Brazilian Jazz, World-Brazilian-Bossa Nova, Samba): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 37 Giants, 500 Top
Jazz-Mainstream: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 122 Popular
Jazz-Modal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Standards, 4 Top, 43 Popular
Jazz-Nu: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 219 Top
Jazz-Orchestral (Symphonic Jazz): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 5 Top, 9 Top
Jazz-Punk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Jazz Rap: (see Hip Hop/Rap genre)
Jazz-Ska: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 31 Top, 71 NY Ensemble
Jazz-Smooth: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Jazz-Soul: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 31 Top, 1970s
Jazz-Straight Ahead: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 178 Top
Jazz-Stride (Stride): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Popular
Jazz-Traditional (Hot Jazz): (see Dixieland above)
Jazz-Vocal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 100 Standards, 146 Standards Sing-Along, 500 Top
Jazz-West Coast: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 23 Top, 199 Popular
M-Base: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 14 Top
Ragtime: Wikipedia, Gold Standard Song List, Topic Channel, 224 Top, 1910s
Ragtime-Novelty Piano: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 1920s
Swing: Wikipedia, Standards List, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Swing-Electro: (see Electronic genre)
Swing-Neo (Retro Swing, Swing Revival): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Third Stream: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Latin Music Genre
Latin music (música latina in Spanish and Portuguese) is a genre that is used by the music industry as a catch-all term for any music that comes from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of the world (including Spain and Portugal), as well as music sung in either language. In the US, the music industry defines “Latin music” as any recording sung mostly in Spanish regardless of its genre or the artist’s nationality. See also Wikipedia, Wikipedia’s Music of Latin America, and World music genre.
Argentine Tango: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Cumbia: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Cha-Cha-Cha: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Flamenco: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 24 Top All-Star
Flamenco-Nuevo (New): Wikipedia, 35 Songs, 179 Songs
Flamenco-Spanish: Topic Channel, 107 Best
Jazz-Latin: (see Jazz genre)
Latin American (many sub-genres): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Latin Ballad (Balada Romantica, see also Bolero): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Latin-Contemporary: 54 Songs
Metal-Latin: Wikipedia, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 167 Popular, 21 Songs
Merengue: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 261 Top
Pop-Latin: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Portuguese: Fado: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 375 Best
Portuguese: Fado-Coimbra: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Puerto Rico: Reggaeton: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 499 Top
Puerto Rico: Reggaeton-Alternative: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 7 Top, 8 Popular
Regional Mexican (Mexican Country/Folk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Sub-genres:
Banda: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 174 Top
Conjunto: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Conjunto-Progressive: 5 Songs
Duranguense: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 71 Top
Grupero: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 29 Top, 78 1980-90s
Mariachi: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 41 Top
New Mexico music: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Norteña: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 372 Top
Ranchera: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 135 Top
Tejano (Tex-Mex): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 85 Top
Rap-Chicano: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 38 Top, 72 Songs
Rock-Alternativo (Spanish Alternative Rock): 93 Songs
Rock-Chicano: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 70 Songs, 44 Songs
Rock-Latino: 138 Songs
Salsa Music: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Tropical Music: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
New Age music Genre
This genre is intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than trance, or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is associated with environmentalism and New Age spirituality. See also Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top.
Biomusic: (see Experimental genre)
Environmental: Wikipedia, 107 Songs, 20 Songs
Healing: Music Therapy Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Best Healing Channel
Meditation: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Popular
Mood Music (see also Easy Listening genre): Topic Channel, Top 75
Mood Music – Ambient: (see Ambient genre)
Nature: 500 Top
Progressive Electronic: Wikipedia, 9 Songs, 24 Songs
Relaxation: Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2,Topic Channel 3,Topic Channel 4, Vocal Channel, 87 Songs
Space Music: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 35 Songs, 72 Ambient
Noise Music Genre
Noise music is a category of music that is characterized by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music includes a wide range of musical styles and sound-based creative practices that feature noise as a primary aspect. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 21 Top, 57 Songs
Sub-genres:
Power Electronics: Last.fm, Follow the music link at top of Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 174 Popular, 552 Songs
Harsh Noise Wall (HNW): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 32 Songs, 344 Songs
Fusion genres:
Glitch: (see Electronic Music)
Noise Pop: (see Alternative-Indie Rock)
Noise Rock: (see Rock-Experimental)
Power Noise (see also Industrial and EDM)
Pop Music Genre
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms “popular music” and “pop music” are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many different styles. “Pop” and “rock” were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other. See Wikipedia, Topic Channel. See also Rock genre and World genre.
Adult Contemporary: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Metal-Pop: (see Rock-Metal-Glam genre)
Pop-Avant Garde: (see Avant-Garde genre)
Pop-Brit: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 200 Greatest
Pop-Brit: New Wave of New Wave: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 30 Popular, 48 Greatest
Pop-Bubblegum: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 62 Top, 228 Songs
Pop-Chamber (Ork-Pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 114 Top, 64 Songs
Pop-Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 49 Top 2018
Pop-Dance: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 193 Popular, 500 Top
Pop-Dream: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Top, 35 Best, 191 Songs
Pop-Electro (see also Synth-Pop below): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 194 Popular, 500 Top
Pop-Electro: Chillwave (Glo-Fi, Hypnagogic Pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Top, 199 Popular
Pop-Electro: Uplifting Trance: (see EDM-Trance music)
Pop-Orchestral (Symphonic Pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 118 Songs, 77 Covers
Pop-Orchestral: Baroque Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 58 Top
Pop-Orchestral: Shibuya-kei: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 12 Top, 144 Songs
Pop-Power: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 93 Top, 200 Popular
Pop-Power: Britpop (see above)
Pop-Power: Jangle Pop: (see below)
Pop-Power: New Wave: (see below)
Pop-Power: Pop Punk (see below)
Pop-Swamp: (see Rock-Swamp genre)
Pop-Synth: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 472 Top, 198 Popular
Pop-Teen: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 492 Top, 199 Popular
Pop-Teen: Europop (see also EDM-Eurodance): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rock-Country: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 97 Top, 162 Mix
Rock-Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 105 2018 Songs
Rock-Pop: Jangle Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 196 Popular
Rock-Pop: New Wave: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 199 Popular
Rock-Soft (Lite Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 373 Top, 200 Songs
Reggae Music Genre
Its origins are in traditional African and Caribbean music, American R & B, in Jamaican Ska and Rocksteady. In 1963, Jackie Mittoo (pianist of The Skatalites) with the help of drummer Lloyd Knibbs, slowed down the traditional Ska beat to create the Reggae beat. The term “Reggae” may have been first used by the Ska band Toots and the Maytals, in the title of their 1968 hit “Do the Reggay.” The Oxford English Dictionary says the origin of the word “Reggae” is unknown, but may be derived from the Jamaican-English word “rege-rege,” meaning quarrel. Other theories are that the term came from the word “streggae,” a Jamaican slang term for prostitute, or that it originated from the term “Regga,” which was a Bantu-speaking tribe from Lake Tanganyika. Although Bob Marley popularized Reggae worldwide, his early recording was of Ska, Rocksteady, and Nyabinghi drumming. By the late 1960s, reggae was getting radio play in the UK with a fairly large following during the 1970-80s, with certain Punk bands like The Clash, The Slits, and The Ruts incorporating Reggae influences into their music.
Reggae is always played in 4/4 Straight or Swung Time. Harmonically, the music is often very simple, and sometimes a whole song will have no more than one or two chords. These simple repetitious chord structures add to the hypnotic effect that Reggae sometimes has. See also Wikipedia, Wikipedia sub-genres, Topic Channel.
2-Tone: (see World-Jamaican-Ska)
Dancehall: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Dancehall: Ragga (Raggamuffin): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 47 Top, 66 Greats
Dancehall: Reggae en Espanol (see also Latin Reggae): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 388 Songs
Dub: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Lovers Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 54 Top, 200 Popular
Mento: (see World-Jamaican for pre-Reggae Music Genres)
Reggae Fusion: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 15 Songs, 12 Songs, 22 Songs
Reggaestep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Reggaeton: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 498 Top
Rocksteady: (see World-Jamaican for pre-Reggae Music Genres)
Roots Reggae: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 94 Top, 139 Classics
Roots Reggae – Rockers rhythm: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 23 Old School, 123 Songs
Samba Reggae: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Seggae: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Ska: (see World-Jamaican for pre-Reggae Music Genres)
Skinhead Reggae: Reggaepedia, 138 Songs, 50 Songs
Rhythm & Blues (R & B) Music Genre
This is a genre of popular music that originated in the 1940s, the term originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African-Americans, at a time when “urbane, rocking, Jazz-based music with a heavy, insistent beat” was becoming more popular. In the early 1950s the term was frequently applied to Blues records. In the mid-1950s after Rock and Roll developed from this genre, R&B then meant music from electric Blues, Gospel, or Soul. In the 1960s, British Rock bands like the Rolling Stones, Who, and Animals referred to themselves as R&B bands, thus this mix with Rock called “British R&B.” By the 1970s, the term became a blanket term for Soul and Funk. In the 1980s, Contemporary R&B combined R&B, Soul, Funk, Pop, Hip Hop, and Dance (Electronica), though the commercial bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, aspirations, and sex. See also Wikipedia, Topic Channel.
R&B-Contemporary: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 499 Top
R&B-New Orleans: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 74 Songs, 36 Songs
Disco: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 1970s
Disco-Euro: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 43 1990s, 304 Songs
Disco-Nu: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 89 Top, 163 Songs
Disco Polo: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 118 Top, 196 Popular
Disco-Space: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 331 Songs, 87 Songs
Doo-Wop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 96 Best, 95 Uptempo, 140 1950-60s
Funk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, Top Tracks, Popular
Funk-Deep: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 28 Top
Funk: Go-Go: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 56 Top, 10 Songs, 220 Classics
Funk-Nu: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Funk-P (Parliament-Funkadelic): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 22 Top, 37 Greatest, 254 Songs
Motown: Wikipedia, Classic Topic Channel, 95 Greatest, 80 Songs
Smooth Jazz: (see Jazz genre)
Soul: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 1960s, 1970s
Soul-Blue Eyed: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 35 Top, 199 Popular
Soul-Brown Eyed: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 32 Songs, 100 Oldies
Soul-Latin: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Oldies, 43 Songs,171 Rare
Soul-Modern: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 144 Classics, 240 Songs
Soul-Motown Sound: (see Motown above)
Soul-Neo: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, Top 41
Soul-Northern: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 168 Top, 200 Popular
Soul-Psychedelic (Black Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 656 Songs, 110 Songs
Soul-Southern: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 110 Classics, 76 Songs
Soul-Smooth: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 117 Songs, 37 Oldies
Soul Blues: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 158 Best
Soul: Quiet Storm: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 21 Top, 415 Songs, 159 Songs
Rock Music Genre
Rock and Roll music began as a melting of R&B and Country-Western Music Genres of the 1940-50s. The beat of Rock and Roll music comes mainly from a R&B boogie beat. The key difference is made by the addition of an accented backbeat on Counts 2 & 4, also often using a verse-chorus form. The normal instrumentation includes one or two electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a drum kit. Keyboards and other instruments have been added from time to time as well. Classic Rock has withstood the tests of time, with many artists from other Music Genres “covering” Classic Rock hits, giving rise to many other styles in the 1960s. See also Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 496 Top
Adult Album Alternative (see also Alternative genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 2017 #1 Songs, Top 50, 100 Songs
British Invasion: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 397 Songs, 200 Popular
Core-Grind: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 101 Top, 19 Best
Core-Grind: Deathgrind: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 59 Songs, 200 Popular
Core-Grind: Goregrind: Wikipedia, 360 Songs, 408 Old School
Core-Grind: Pornogrind: Wikipedia, 137 Songs, 53 Songs
Core-Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 390 2018
Core-Metal: Deathcore: Wikipedia, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 54 Top, 96 Best
Core-Metal: Mathcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 199 Popular, 221 Songs
Core-Metal: Melodic Metalcore: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 98 Songs, 136 Songs
Core-Spazz (Spazz): Wikipedia (Post-Hardcore – see Alternative-punk genre), Topic Channel, 40 Songs, 162 Top
Jam Bands: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 62 Top, 200 Popular
Metal (Heavy Metal): Wikipedia, Wikipedia Sub-genres, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top, 100 All-time
Metal-Traditional Heavy: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 153 Songs, 118 Songs
Metal-Alternative: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 86 Songs
Metal-Alternative: Funk Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 124 Songs, 62 Songs
Metal-Alternative: Nu Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 77 Top, 105 Songs
Metal-Alternative: Rap Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 68 Songs
Metal-Avant Garde: (see Avant-Garde genre)
Metal-Christian: (see Christian genre)
Metal-Extreme: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 252 Bands, 103 2017
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 200 Popular
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-Ambient (Atmospheric): Wikipedia, Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, 200 Popular, 205 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal: Blackgaze: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 106 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-Industrial (IBM, see also Metal-Industrial below): Wikipedia, 32 Songs, 19 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-National Socialist (NSBM): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 193 Songs, 141 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-Post: Wikipedia, 124 Songs, 25 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-Red/Communist & Anarchist (RABM): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Classics, 94 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal-Symphonic (see Metal-Symphonic below): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 83 Songs, 56 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal: Viking Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 118 Songs, 14 Top
Metal-Extreme: Black Metal: War Metal: Wikipedia, 266 Songs, 432 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Crust Punk (Crust, see also Alternative-Punk genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 55 Top, 108 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 482 Top
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Brutal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 397 Songs, 45 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Brutal Slam: Wikipedia, 140 Songs, 173 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Blackened: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 29 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal: Death ‘n’ Roll: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 41 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Industrial (see also Metal-Industrial below): Wikipedia, 34 Songs, 12 Bands
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Melodic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 52 Top, 734 Best
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Symphonic (see Metal-Symphonic below): Wikipedia, 171 Songs, 58 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Death Metal-Technical: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 35 Songs, 200 Popular
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 497 Top
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Death/Doom (Death-Doom, Deathdoom): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 40 Popular, 401 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Drone Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 49 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Epic Doom: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 86 Top
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Funeral Doom: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 48 Best
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal-Traditional: Wikipedia, 144 Songs, 172 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Doom Metal: Sludge Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 15 Top, 199 Popular
Metal-Extreme: Speed Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 13 Top, 200 Popular
Metal-Extreme: Thrash Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Metal-Extreme: Thrash Metal: Crossover Thrash: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 86 Songs
Metal-Extreme: Thrash Metal: Groove Metal: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 16 Top, 111 Best
Metal-Extreme: Thrash Metal: Teutonic Thrash Metal: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 18 Songs
Metal-Folk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 80 Top, 200 Popular
Metal-Folk: Celtic Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 99 Songs
Metal-Folk: Medieval Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 92 Popular, 25 Songs
Metal-Folk: Pagan Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 8 Top
Metal-Folk: Pirate Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 73 Songs
Metal-Glam (Hair Metal, Pop Metal): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 291 Songs
Metal-Gothic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 47 Top
Metal-Gothic: Deathrock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 31 Top
Metal-Industrial: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Metal-Kawaii: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 177 Popular, 13 Best
Metal-Latin (see Latin genre)
Metal-Math: (see Mathcore above, Math Rock below, or Djent below)
Metal-Neoclassical: Wikipedia, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 14 Best, 89 Songs
Metal: Neue Deutsche Harte: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 181 Songs
Metal-Post: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 5 Top, 40 Best, 101 Songs
Metal-Power: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 67 Top, 100 Top, 48 Best
Metal-Progressive: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Metal-Progressive: Djent: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, Topic Channel, 175 Songs, 116 Songs
Metal-Progressive: Space Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 20 Popular, 11 Top, 76 Songs
Metal-Stoner: (see Rock-Stoner below)
Metal-Symphonic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 308 Top
New Wave: (see Alternative and Pop Music Genres)
Punk-Afro (see also Alternative-Punk genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 34 Bands, 200 Popular
Punk-Glam: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 62 Songs
Punk-Post (see also Alternative-Punk genre): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 199 Popular, 134 Top
Punk-Post: Dance Punk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 12 Top, 79 Songs, 173 Songs
Punk-Post: Gothic Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 97 Top, 200 Greatest
Rock & Roll: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 221 Top, 138 Songs
Rock & Roll: Garage Rock (Garage Punk, 60s Punk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 87 Top, 48 Best
Rock & Roll: Garage Rock: Frat Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 118 Popular, 52 Songs
Rock & Roll: Rockabilly: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Rock & Roll: Rockabilly: Gothabilly: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 119 Popular, 36 Songs
Rock & Roll: Rockabilly: Psychobilly: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 125 Top, 199 Popular
Rock-Adult Oriented (AOR): Wikipedia, 199 Songs, 108 Songs
Rock-Alternative (Alt-Rock, Alternative Music): (see Alternative genre)
Rock-American Traditional (American Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 78 Songs, 162 Songs
Rock-Anatolian (Turkish Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 461 Songs
Rock-Arena (AOR, Album-Oriented Rock, Anthem Rock, Corporate Rock, Dad Rock, Melodic Rock, Pomp Rock, Stadium Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 102 Songs
Rock-Art: (see Progressive Rock below)
Rock-Avant Garde: (see Avant-Garde genre)
Rock-Blues: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 15 Alltime, Top 25, 200 Popular, 1960s, 1970s
Rock-Classic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Greatest, 1950s, 1950s-Mellow, 1960s, 1960s-Rumba, 1970s, 1970s-Mellow, 1980s
Rock-Cock: Wikipedia, 49 Best, 51 Songs
Rock-Country: (see Pop genre)
Rock-Experimental (Avant-Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 59 Top, 283 Songs
Rock-Experimental: Krautrock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 47 Top, 39 Top, 505 1970s
Rock-Experimental: Math Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Top, 160 Songs
Rock-Experimental: Neo-Progressive Rock (Neo-Prog): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 47 Top, 200 Popular
Rock-Experimental: Noise Rock (Noise Punk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 41 Top, 199 Popular
Rock-Experimental: No Wave: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 44 Songs
Rock-Experimental: Post Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 99 Top, 166 Songs
Rock-Folk: (see Singer/Songwriter genre)
Rock-Geek (Nerd Rock, Dork Rock): (see Alternative Rock genre)
Rock-Glam: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 67 Top, 199 Best
Rock-Gothic: (see Post-Punk above)
Rock-Hard: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Rock-Indie (see Alternative Rock genre)
Rock-Industrial: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 29 Top, 125 Songs
Rock-Jazz (Jazz-Fusion, Fusion): (see Jazz genre)
Rock-Progressive (Prog, Prog-Rock, Art Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 329 Top
Rock-Progressive: Canterbury Scene/Sound: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 80 Popular, 145 Songs
Rock-Progressive: Neo-Progressive Rock (Neo-Prog): (see Rock-Experimental above)
Rock-Progressive: Rock in Opposition (RIO): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 74 Songs, 200 Popular
Rock-Psychedelic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 200 Popular
Rock-Psychedelic: Acid Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 28 Top, 200 Popular
Rock-Punk: (see Alternative-Punk genre)
Rock-Roots: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 98 Songs
Rock-Roots: Heartland Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 150 Popular, 26 Songs
Rock-Roots: Southern Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 82 Top, 502 Classic
Rock-Roots: Swamp Rock (Swamp Pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 23 Top, 221 Songs
Rock-Singer/Songwriter (see Singer/Songwriter genre):
Rock-Soft (Lite-Rock): (see Pop-Rock genre)
Rock-Stoner (Stoner Metal): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 135 Top, 199 Popular
Rock-Wizard (Wrock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 256 Songs, 41 Best
Surf (Surf Rock): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 200 Popular
Surf: Hot Rod Rock: Wikipedia 1, Wikipedia 2, 181 Songs, 186 Songs
Surf-Instrumental: Wikipedia, 31 Old, 293 Guitar
Surf Punk: Wikipedia, 27 Songs, 44 Bands
Surf-Vocal: Wikipedia, 29 Songs, 6 Songs
Tejano: (see Tex-Mex genre)
Singer-Songwriter / Folk Music Genre
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. The genre began with the folk-acoustic tradition. Singer-songwriters often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano. Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 142 Ultimate Songs, 41 Hits. See also World genre.
Contemporary Singer-Songwriter: Wikipedia, 62 Songs, 42 Songs.
Folk: Wikipedia, Gold Standard Song List, Topic Channel, 191 Popular
Folk-Alternative: Wikipedia (see Indie Folk below), 68 Songs
Folk-Contemporary: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 34 Best Bands
Folk-Contemporary: Progressive Folk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 155 Songs, 200 Popular
Folk-Contemporary: American Primitive Guitar: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 146 Popular, 486 Songs
Folk-Contemporary: Nerd Folk: Wikipedia, 8 Songs, 7 Songs
Folk-Contemporary: Filk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 26 To Learn
Folk-Neo (Post-Industrial, Apocalyptic Folk): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Folk Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top, 24 American, 1970s
Folk Rock – British: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 203 Songs, 175 Songs
Folk Rock: Celtic Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 41 Songs, 20 2018
Folk Rock: Folk Metal: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 143 Songs
Folk Rock: Folk Punk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 199 Popular, 40 Top
Folk Rock: Indie Folk: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 44 Top, 94 Best
Folk Rock – Medieval: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 56 Songs
Folk-Traditional: Wikipedia, Topic Channel 1, Topic Channel 2, 195 Popular, Songs Playlist, 1900s
Love Song: Wikipedia, 22 Songs, 11 Pop
New Acoustic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
World / Global / International Music Genre
This is musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many Music Genres including some forms of Western music represented by Folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neo-traditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle. The term was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music. See also Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 168 Top. See also Latin Music, Tex-Mex, Reggae.
Africa: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
African: Mbalax: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Afro-Beat: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 126 Top
Afro-Caribbean: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 69 Popular
Afro-Cuban: Wikipedia, All Stars Channel, 200 All Stars, 88 Popular
Afro-Cuban: Cha-cha-cha: Wikipedia (follow music link), Topic Channel, 79 Ballroom, 200 Popular
Afro-Cuban – Jazz: (see Jazz-AfroCuban genre)
Afro-Cuban: Rhumba (Ballroom Rumba): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Cuban Popular, 181 Popular
Afro-Pop: Wikipedia, 90 Songs, 206 2016
Asia: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 195 Popular, 498 Top
Australia: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 98 AllTime
British: 2-Tone (see Jamaican below)
Cajun: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 198 Popular, 79 Top
Calypso: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 211 Top, 75 Songs
Caribbean: Wikipedia Music Genres, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Caribbean: Soca: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Celtic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Celtic-Contemporary: 31 Songs
Celtic Folk: 16 Songs
Celtic-Traditional: 21 Songs, 22 Songs
Coupé-décalé – Congo: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 83 Top, 200 Popular
Ethnic Fusion (Global Fusion, World Fusion): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Top, 23 Songs, 500 Songs, 101 Popular
French: Wikipedia, 200 Top, 100 Famous, 176 Modern
French Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
German: Wikipedia, 200 Top, 50 Top 2108
German Folk: Wikipedia, Wikipedia’s Volksmusik, 26 Popular
German Pop-Early: Kabarett (Caberet) and Swing Movement: Wikipedia, 24 1930s, 14 1930s Cabaret
German Pop-West Germany (1945-90s): Wikipedia, 558 1970-80s
German Pop-East Germany (early 1970-90s): Wikipedia, 54 1980s
German Pop-Reunified Germany (1990s-present): Wikipedia, 153 1990s, 193 2000s
Hawaii: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Hindustani Classical: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 17 Top, 25 Vocal, 72 Songs
Jamaican: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 192 Popular
Jamaican – pre-Reggae: Mento: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 133 Songs, 66 Songs
Jamaican – pre-Reggae: Rocksteady: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 61 Top
Jamaican – pre-Reggae: Ska: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 261 Top
Jamaican – pre-Reggae: 2-Tone Ska (British 2-Tone): Wikipedia (follow music link), Topic Channel, 33 Songs, 42 Songs
Jamaican – Reggae: (see Reggae genre)
Indian: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 197 Popular, 500 Top
Indian Pop (Indi-pop, Indipop, I-pop): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 24 Top, 195 Popular
Indian: Carnatic: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 365 Top
Indonesian: Dangdut: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 498 Top
Japanese: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 498 Top
Japanese Enka: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 328 Top
Japanese-Pop-Kayokyoku: Wikipedia, 193 Songs
J-Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 198 Popular, 500 Top
J-Punk: Wikipedia, 113 Songs, 101 Songs
J-Rock: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
J-Ska: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
J-Synth (Japanese Synth-Pop): Wikipedia’s Synth-Pop, 20 1980s, 136 Songs
Japanese Visual Kei: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 79 Top
Jewish: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 170 Top
Jewish-Klezmer: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 14 Top
Korean: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
K-Pop: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
Latin: (see Latin genre)
Middle East: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 500 Top
North America (indigenous, Native American): Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 202 Songs
Polka: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular, 500 Top
Thailand: Piphat: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Vietnamese: Wikipedia, 128 Songs
V-Pop: Wikipedia, 511 Most Viewed
Worldbeat: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 200 Popular
Zydeco: Wikipedia, Topic Channel, 206 Top
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