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Differences between European and American Country Music and European and American Folk Songs
country music

Origin and introduction

This name appeared in the United States in the 1920s and has a wide origin. At that time, the content of songs, in addition to expressing work and life, hated lonely and wandering life, yearned for a warm and peaceful home, and sang sweet love and the pain of lovelorn.

1925, a radio station was established in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They started a column program called "Ancient Opera-Villagers' Voice". An 8 1 year-old folk singer named Jamie Thompson was invited to sing, and the program was warmly welcomed by the audience. Since then, people have collectively referred to this kind of music as "country music". Country music has become one of the favorite music forms of American working people. In America, "blue collar" refers to the lower class, so this kind of music is also called "blue collar music".

Folk songs are rich in content, including religion, love, war, labor, drinking, dancing, festivals and so on. Folk songs not only express a nation's feelings and habits, but also have their own unique scales and emotional styles. For example, the prosperity of French folk songs, the enthusiasm of Italian folk songs, the simplicity of English folk songs, the indignation of Japanese folk songs, the wildness of Spanish folk songs and the tears of China folk songs all show strong national temperament and color.