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  Alt-Country

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Although known by various other terms of endearment (y'alternative, Americana), the essence of alt-country is in preserving the North Ameri...

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  Jazz

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  For its first 50 years, jazz was the first globally popular African-based form of dance music; from ragtime to Dixieland to swing, it was b...

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  Garage Rock

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  As diverse as "garage" music is, it's united by a raw, primordial energy that drives the music and gives it an intense sense of immediacy....

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  Reggae

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Reggae fans worldwide are generally receptive to a variety of styles. Though many claim, for example, to be "strictly dancehall," this has...

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  Rock

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  More than perhaps any other genre, rock sub-categories have long been driven more by marketing and the lazy tendencies of journalists than...

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  Metal

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Utilising double-kick drumming, more distortion than anything heard in the early '80s, shredding guitar solos and a redefinition of how fas...

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  House

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  Defining "house" has always been debatable, because it has as much to do with fashion, drugs and ambience as it does with sound. For those...

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  Punk

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

  In its infancy, trying to break punk music into sub-genres would not only have been almost impossible, but downright blasphemous. After all...