Re: Country Music
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:26 pm
This may be arguable, but American country music comes from folk and bluegrass, which are themselves descended from Celtic folk music, and the lines between the genres are often quite blurry. So yes, the jig (and probably square) dancing are also related. There are many Scot and Irish settlers throughout the mountains of Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and the surrounding mountain states.
More Bluegrass, as among my favorites are Allison Krauss and Union Station, although the Soggy Bottom Boys (and perhaps Travis Tritt) actually made this particular song quite popular:
More Bluegrass, as among my favorites are Allison Krauss and Union Station, although the Soggy Bottom Boys (and perhaps Travis Tritt) actually made this particular song quite popular: