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Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.
Benjamin Booker

Meaning of "roots music" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROOTS MUSIC

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROOTS MUSIC

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Roots music is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ROOTS MUSIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of roots music in the English dictionary

The definition of roots music in the dictionary is reggae, esp when regarded as authentic and uncommercialized.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROOTS MUSIC

rootedness
rooter
roothold
rootiness
rooting compound
rooting reflex
rootkit
rootle
rootless
rootlessness
rootlet
rootlike
roots
rootserver
rootsiness
rootstalk
rootstock
rootsy
rootworm
rooty

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROOTS MUSIC

art music
background music
chamber music
classical music
country music
dance music
electronic music
folk music
gospel music
House music
music
piano music
pop music
popular music
rap music
rock music
sheet music
soul music
swing music
theme music
world music

Synonyms and antonyms of roots music in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roots music» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROOTS MUSIC

Find out the translation of roots music to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roots music from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roots music» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

根源音乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

música de raíces
570 millions of speakers

English

roots music
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जड़ों संगीत
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جذور الموسيقى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корни музыки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

música de raiz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিকড় সঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

racines de la musique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muzik akar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Roots-Musik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルーツ·ミュージック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뿌리 음악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Werna musik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rễ âm nhạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேர்கள் இசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुळे संगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Köklü müzik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

radici della musica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muzyka korzeni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коріння музики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rădăcini muzică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίζες της μουσικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wortels musiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rötter musik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roots Music
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roots music

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOTS MUSIC»

The term «roots music» is regularly used and occupies the 92.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOTS MUSIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roots music

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3 QUOTES WITH «ROOTS MUSIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word roots music.
1
Benjamin Booker
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.
2
Damian Marley
It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
3
Will Oldham
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROOTS MUSIC»

Discover the use of roots music in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roots music and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music
This book brings to light the relationship between folk or roots music and popular culture.
Benjamin Filene, 2000
2
Louisiana Hayride : Radio and Roots Music along the Red ...
On a Saturday night in 1948, Hank Williams stepped onto the stage of the Louisiana Hayride and sang "Lovesick Blues.
Department of Music Agnes Scott College Tracey E. W. Laird Assistant Professor, 2004
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American Roots Music
In the 20th century, American roots music - gospel, blues, country, western, folk, cajun, zydeco, tejano and Native American - was invented and nurtured in small communities and spread across the nation and the world.
Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, 2002
4
True to the Roots: Americana Music Revealed
An intimate series of portraits of and visits with musicians who are part of the musical genre known as Americana, or alternative country.
Monte Dutton, 2006
5
Meeting Jimmie Rodgers : How America's Original Roots Music ...
In Meeting Jimmie Rodgers, the first book to explore the deep legacy of "The Singing Brakeman" from a twenty-first century perspective, Barry Mazor offers a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to ...
Journalist Barry Mazor Freelance Music Historian, Critic, 2009
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A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music
Explores how Kentucky's landscape, culture and traditions have influenced notable contemporary musicians, in a book that features interviews with Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne and Dwight Yoakam, as well as emerging artists and local musicians.
Jason Howard, 2012
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Exploring Roots Music: Twenty Years of the JEMF Quarterly
In addition, the early work of many contributors who later became known as major scholars in the field-Archie Green, Charles Wolfe, Norm Cohen, Simon J. Bonner, and Loyal Jones among others-appeared on the pages of the JEMF Quarterly during ...
Nolan Porterfield, 2004
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Hard luck blues: roots music photographs from the Great ...
Showcasing American music and music making during the Great Depression, Hard Luck Blues presents more than two hundred photographs created by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration photography program.
Rich Remsberg, United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section, 2010
9
American Roots Music for Ukulele: Over 50 Great Traditional ...
This invaluable collection of American roots music features over 50 songs from the blues, bluegrass, folk, and traditional music genres.
Alfred Publishing, Dick (COP) Sheridan, 2012
10
Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National Identities
And there are new essays on critical figures such as Alan Lomax and Woody Guthrie. This volume uniquely offers perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic on the interplay of influences in roots music and the debates about these subjects.
Jill Terry, Neil A. Wynn, 2014

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROOTS MUSIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roots music is used in the context of the following news items.
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Billy Block, champion of roots music, dies at age 59
NASHVILLE — Billy Block, one of American roots music's great champions, died Wednesday after a long and hard-fought battle with metastatic melanoma. «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
2
Rosanne Cash Wins Best American Roots Performance at the 2015 …
In winning Best American Roots Performance — a brand-new Grammy ... folk and regional roots music — Cash beat out Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal, Billy ... «The Boot, Feb 15»
3
Preserving American Roots Music Begins With Keeping The Lights On
The trailer, and its lights and water, were paid for by the Music Maker Relief Foundation, which also covers Hanks' heating oil. The non-profit has also helped get ... «NPR, Dec 14»
4
A New Breed of Americana Takes Root
When compared to the abundance of folk and country, other kinds of American roots music were in short supply at the festival—blues, gospel and R&B, to name ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
5
Bow Thayer's songwriting, instrument-building roots music quest
Jack-of-all trades Jay Miller writes about boxing, high school sports and music. A native of West Bridgewater, he was captain of his high school track team. «The Patriot Ledger, Jun 14»
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The Roots Music Video for "Understand" Is a Marvel of Stop-Motion …
We've heard several cuts off The Roots latest album, ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin, but we now have a music video—a charming stop-motion adventure to ... «Slate Magazine, May 14»

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