Popular music of a style originating in folk music of the rural southern United States and cowboy music of the American West, typically…

(a) n. = country and western, n.; (also) a country and western song; (b) adj. designating or relating to this type of music.

A type of country music played on acoustic stringed instruments, typically with emphasis on the banjo, fiddle, or mandolin, and characterized by a…

= country music, n. 2.

Country and western music of the kind originating in or associated with Nashville, Tennessee.

= country music, n. Cf. country and western, n.

A modern form of American bluegrass folk music incorporating elements of rock and jazz and making use of modern (often electric) instrumentation.

country music with an unorthodox style, often incorporating elements of rock.

a style of country music influenced by alternative rock; = alternative country n. at alternative, adj. n.compounds.