Musical Styles & Venues in America
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Musical Styles in America – 1800s and 1900s
The use of musical instruments follows public tastes in musical styles. In order to understand the role of the guitar (and all other stringed instruments of our age) the following is a work-in-progress of short histories of recent American musical styles and musical venues. If you have corrections, clarifications, additional thoughts or information, please contact us.
- Foreword
- Vaudeville
- Carnegie Hall
- Sea Shanties
- Mandolin Orchestras
- Tin Pan Alley
- Ragtime
- Hawaiian Music
- Traditional Jazz
- Gospel Music
- Jug Bands
- Dixieland
- The Roaring Twenties
- Stride Piano
- Dance Halls
- Musicals – Theater, Movie and Video
- Movie Music
- Cafe Music
- WLS – American AM Radio
- WSM – The Grand Ole Opry
- Midway Gardens
- Tango Craze
- Western Swing
- Big Bands and the Swing Era
- Old-Time Music
- Jazz Manouche – Gypsy Jazz
- Bluegrass
- Rockabilly
- Soul
- Doo Wop
- Skiffle in Britain
- Salsa
- Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Singing Cowboys
- Woody Guthrie
- John and Alan Lomax
- Cajun and Zydeco
- Disco
- Prog Rock (Progressive Rock)
- Bossa Nova
- The Chitlin’ Circuit
- Hootenanny
- The Fillmore
- The Folk Boom
- Reggae, Ska and Rocksteady
- Influential Players
- CBGB
- Hip-Hop
- Americana
