Muzică Country: Gen de muzică, originar în SUA

Country music
Origini stilistice	Muzică Appalachiană, bluegrass, gospel, western swing, old-time music, blues, muzică irlandeză
Origini culturale	Anii 1920, Sudul Statelor Unite
Instrumente tipice	Vocal, chitară, baterie, fiddle, chitară bas, mandolină, banjo, double bass, pian, clape, dobro, chitară electrică, pedal steel guitar, harmonică
Forme derivate	Rock and roll, dansband, roots rock, southern rock, heartland rock
Subgenuri
Bakersfield sound - Close harmony - Honky tonk - Jug band - Lubbock sound - Nashville sound - Neotraditional country - Outlaw country - Red Dirt - Western swing - Texas country
Genuri de fuziune
Alternative country - Country rock - Psychobilly - Rockabilly - Gothabilly - Cowpunk - Country-rap - Country pop - Country soul - Sertanejo - Southern soul
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Își are originea în muzica irlandeză, însă are influențe și din alte genuri, cum ar fi Bluegrass, blues sau gospel.

Începând cu anii 1950 se simt și puternice influențe de rock and roll, precum și a altor genuri ulterioare de rock. Din primul val al muzicii country merită amintiți Fiddlin' John Carson, Vernon Dalhart, Riley Puckett, Don Richardson, Ernest Stoneman, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers și The Skillet Lickers. Genul a fost apoi modelat și adus în forma în care îl cunoaștem astăzi de Jimmie Rodgers și de familia Carter. Un alt simbol al muzicii country a fost Hank Williams.

• Alternative country - Wilco, Ryan Adams, Neko Case
• Bakersfield sound - Buck Owens, Merle Haggard
• Bluegrass - Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss
• Country gospel/Christian country
• Country pop - Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood
• Cowpunk - The Meat Puppets, Hank Williams III
• Country rock/Southern rock - Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Alabama, Eagles
• Country soul - Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples
• Deathcountry
• Honky-tonk - Hank Williams, Dwight Yoakam
• Instrumental country
• Lubbock sound - Buddy Holly, The Crickets
• Nashville sound - Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Patsy Cline
• Neotraditional country - George Strait, Alan Jackson
• Outlaw country - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe
• Red dirt - Cross Canadian Ragweed
• Western swing - Bob Wills, Asleep at the Wheel, The Hot Club of Cowtown

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• Peter La Chapelle (15 aprilie 2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, And Migration to Southern California. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2. 
• Richard A. Peterson (15 decembrie 1999). Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-66285-5. 
• Harris, Stacy (1 octombrie 1993). The Best of Country: The Essential Cd Guide. Collins Pub San Francisco. ISBN 9780002553353. 
• Bill Legere (1977). Record Collectors Guide of Country LPs. Limited ed. Mississauga, Ont.: W.J. Legere. 269, 25, 29, 2 p., thrice perforated and looseleaf. Without ISBN
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• Thomas S. Johnson (1981) "That Ain't Country: The Distinctiveness of Commercial Western Music" JEMF Quarterly. Vol. 17, No. 62. Summer, 1981. pp 75–84.

  Materiale media legate de muzică country la Wiki Commons

• The Country Music Association - Nashville, Tennessee(CMA)
• Western Music Association (WMA) Arhivat în 17 octombrie 2010, la Wayback Machine.
• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Nashville, Tennessee
• Grand Ole Opry - Nashville, Tennessee
• Irish country music Arhivat în 23 februarie 2015, la Wayback Machine.
• Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation
• TIME Archive Arhivat în 8 decembrie 2012, la Archive.is of country music's progression
• Xroad.virginia.edu, alt country from American Studies at the University of Virginia
• Largest collection of online Country music radio stations