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Brief explanation of the way styles can be defined by region, chronology, technical requirements, marketing trends, or the ideas of critics. Extensively linked to sub-genres and examples of significant artists.
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Music genre Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language van der Merwe 1989, p.3 Music can also be categorised by non-musical criteria such as geographical origin. Such categories...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre

Learn about different musical genres including rock, Celtic, and classical. Includes information about artist and site links.
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Music Genre Sampler DataDragon  The genre sampler will take you on a tour of some of the more popular musical genres by first giving a general overview and then by listing well-known musicians and a sound sample. Where would you like to begin Jazz...
http://datadragon.com/education/genres/

A chronological review of artists and songs from 1920 to 2000. Includes archive images, sound clips and movies.
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Roughstock's History of Country Music  This is the only country music history site on the Web, brought to you by the world's #1 Country and Western Site: Roughstock. This exhibit looks at some of the influential artists and songs of the late 1920's through the...
http://www.roughstock.com/history/

Focus on contemporary popular music. Features reviews of CDs, movies and products and includes interviews.
http://www.fullthrottlemusic.com