All Genres

Rock and Roll developed in the United States in the 1950s, when artists including Little Richard, El... Read more

Pop music, short for "popular music," encompasses any widely successful music, from Frank Sinatra's ... Read more

Reggae developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s, evolving out of the earlier Ska and Rocksteady styles... Read more

Electronic music utilizes instruments such as synthesizers, drum machines, and samplers to create so... Read more

Born in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s, Hip-Hop emerged from dance parties where DJs such as... Read more

The Blues emerged from the secular African-American folk music of the Deep South, drawing from tradi... Read more

R&B, short for Rhythm and Blues, is an influential genre of popular music that emerged from African-... Read more

Born in early 20th Century New Orleans, Jazz is an African-American art form that blends Blues, Ragt... Read more

Born from the Folk and Blues traditions of the American South in the early 20th century, Country mus... Read more

Our Children's section includes any recordings whose primary audience is kids. While this might mean... Read more

New Age is a term for any music whose primary purpose is to soothe or relax. Unlike pop songs that w... Read more

The original Holiday music sprang from religious practices, but today the term can include anything ... Read more

World Music is a bit of an ethnocentric term, as it was originally created by English-speaking marke... Read more

This category features recordings where the human voice, its delivery, and the words themselves are ... Read more

Since any music composed for or performed at religious ceremonies can fall under the Sacred or Relig... Read more

Music's "Classical Period" lasted from around 1750 to 1830, when forms such as the concerto, sonata,... Read more

Though the term "Folk music" might conjure visions of Bob Dylan-inspired singer-songwriters playing ... Read more