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Celtic Japanese
ケルトの日本語 (Celtic Japanese) (n.) [kɛl tɪk dʒæp əˈniz]: Two of the most distinct cultures in this world are the beautiful, ancient styles of the Japanese and the Gaelic ...
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Ethio-Jazz
ኢትዮ-ጃዝ (Ethio-Jazz) (n.) [i θiˈoʊ jaz ]: It has been written that the word Tizita (ትዝታ) in Amharic, directly translated as Memory, has three related meanings. This Eth...
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CowPunk
CowPunk (n.) [kaʊ pʌŋk]: This classification of music has gone by multiple names and that makes it hard to define because of it’s precursors, influences, and the genre...
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French Canadian Country
French Canadian Country (n.) [fren-tʃ kəˈn-eɪ-di-ən kʌn-tri]: Early Country music famously known from Nashville and the likes of other southern states, has many thanks...
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Gospel Disco
Gospel Disco (n.) [ɡɑs-p(ə)l dɪs-koʊ]: A combination of two seemingly opposite genres of music, Gospel Disco strives to bring together the rhythm and beats of late 197...
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Tishoumaren (The Desert Blues)
ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ (Tishoumaren) (n.) [tɪʃ-oʊ-mɛr-ɪn]: Also known as the Desert Blues, Tishoumaren is rooted in the the Kel Tamesheq people of ancient Northern Africa, or the T...
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Jawaiian/Hawaiian Reggae
Jawaiian/Hawaiian Reggae (n.) [ˈʤʌˈwaɪən | həˈwaɪən ˈreɡ.eɪ]: The style and groove of classic reggae with a Polynesian twist that continues to flow in and out of the H...
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Mongolian Metal
монгол металл (Mongolian Metal) (n.) [mɒŋ-gəʊ-li-ən met-(ə)l]: Mongolian Metal Music, also known as Hunnu Rock, is a unique subgenre of heavy metal that has been gaini...
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New Jack Swing
New Jack Swing (n.) [nu dʒæk swɪŋ]: New Jack swing is paced much faster than its umbrella genre of R&B from around 95 beats per minute to upwards of 105 bpm. More rhyt...
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Japanese Jazz Fusion
ジャパニーズ・フュージョン・ジャズ (Japanese Fusion Jazz) (n.) [ʤæpəˈniz ʤæz ˈfjuʒən]: Traditionally jazz fusion is often associated with the term “jazz rock” that came into popularity...
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Anatolian Rock
Anatolian Rock (n.) [ænəˈtoʊliən ɹɑk]: Anatolian rock gets its name from the Turkish ethnic group “Anatolians” and the combination of the rock and roll influence of th...
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Aboriginal Roots
Aboriginal Roots (n.) [æbəˈrɪdʒən(ə)l ruts]: Aboriginal refers to any of the original inhabitants of the world. In reference to the Australian continent the aboriginal...
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Chicano Punk
Chicano Punk (n.) [t͡ʃi-kano paŋk]: Punks best kept secret is that the genre’s origins came, not from the streets of LA or the alleys of London, or the corners of New ...
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Gothic Country
Gothic Country [Gɒ-θɪk kʌn-tri]: A Subgenre in the Country and Americana music genre that evokes the Southern Gothic literary genre through morbid lyrical themes and m...
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Samba Rock
Samba Rock [sɐ̃-bɐ ɹɑk]: a Brazilian dance culture and music genre that fuses samba with soul, rock, and funk. It emerged from the dance parties of São Paulo's lower-c...
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Zydeco
Zydeco [zaɪdɪkəʊ]- a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisi...
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Muzak
Muzak [mjuzæk]: Easy listening music, whether played live or recorded, especially if regarded as uninteresting. Also an American brand of background music played in re...
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Nu Disco
Nu Disco [nu dɪs-koʊ]: 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s US disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music style...
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Turntablism
Turntablism [tɜrn-teɪb-əl-ɪzəm]: the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using tw...
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Soukous
Soukous (n) [sü-ˌküs]: popular guitar-driven dance music created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the influence of Cuban rumba. Soukous really jumped into...
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