Southern Music/American Music

The South-an inspiration for songwriters, a source of styles, and the birthplace of many of the nation's greatest musicians-plays a defining role in American musical history. It is impossible to think of American music of the past century without such southern-derived forms as ragtime, jazz, blues, country, bluegrass, gospel, rhythm and blues, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano, rock'n'roll, and even rap. Musi...