List of cultural and regional genres of music
Appearance
Many musical genres are particular to some geographical region or to an ethnic, religious or linguistic group.
Cultural genres
[edit]By ethnicity or origin
[edit]Immigrant communities
[edit]- African American
- Anglo-American
- White Australian
- Cajun and Louisiana Creole
- Caribbean-British
- Immigrants to Australia
- Immigrants to the United States
- Indian-British
- Indo-Caribbean
- Irish- and Scottish-Canadian
- Irish- and Scottish-American
- Latino-American
- Tex-Mex and Tejano
International ethnic groups
[edit]- Afro-American (also Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean)
- Andean
- Arabic
- Assyrian
- Basque
- Bedouin
- Berber
- Celtic
- Garifuna
- Korean
- Kurd
- Jewish
- Lao
- Maroon
- Native American and First Nations
- Nordic
- Romani
- Sami
Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups
[edit]Native American ethnic groups
[edit]- Arapaho
- Blackfoot
- Dene
- Iroquois
- Innu
- Inuit
- Kiowa
- Kwakiutl
- Maya
- Navajo
- Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
- Seminole
- Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
- Yaqui
- Yuman
By religion
[edit]- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Hare Krishna
- Hinduism
- Judaism
- Islam
- Native American religion
- Neopaganism
- Rastafari movement
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Zoroastrianism
- See also: Music of Vatican City
By language
[edit]Geographic genres
[edit]By country
[edit]- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
By continent or other international region
[edit]- Africa
- Asia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Lesser Antilles
- Low Countries
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
- Middle East
- North Africa
- Northern Europe
- Oceania
- Polynesia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Southeastern Europe
- West Africa
By province, region or other sub-national entity
[edit]Algeria
[edit]Australia
[edit]Austria
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Canada
[edit]Cities:
Regions:
Provinces and Territories:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
Chile
[edit]China
[edit]- Anhui
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hebei
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hong Kong
- Hubei
- Inner Mongolia
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Macau
- Manchuria
- Qinghai
- Shaanxi
- Sichuan
- Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Yunnan
Denmark
[edit]Overseas:
Finland
[edit]France
[edit]Cities
Regions
Overseas:
- Austral Islands
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Martinique and Guadeloupe
- Mayotte
- New Caledonia
- Réunion
- Tahiti
- Wallis and Futuna
Germany
[edit]Cities
Greece
[edit]- Aegean Islands
- Crete
- Cyclades
- Dodecanese Islands
- Epirus
- Ionian Islands
- Lesbos
- Macedonia
- Peloponnesos
- Thessaloniki
- Thessaly
- Thrace
Hungary
[edit]India
[edit]- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bengal
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kashmir
- Kerala
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Orissa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttaranchal
Indonesia
[edit]Israel
[edit]Italy
[edit]Regions:
- Aosta Valley
- Calabria
- Campania
- Friuli
- Latium
- Liguria
- Lombardy
- Marche
- Piedmont
- Puglia
- Sardinia
- Sicily
- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Tuscany
- Veneto
Cities:
Japan
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]Overseas:
New Zealand
[edit]Overseas:
Portugal
[edit]Romania
[edit]Russia
[edit]Cities:
Regions:
- Adygea
- Altai
- Astrakhan
- Bashkortostan
- Buryatia
- Dagestan
- Evenkia
- Ingushetia
- Irkutsk
- Kaliningrad
- Kalmykia
- Karelia
- Khakassia
- Mordovia
- Nenetsia
- Ossetia
- Sakha
- Tatarstan
- Tuva
- Udmurtia
Serbia
[edit]Spain
[edit]- Andalusia
- Aragon
- Balearic Islands
- Basque Country
- Canary Islands
- Castile, Madrid and Leon
- Catalonia
- Extremadura
- Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
- Madrid
- Murcia
- Navarre and La Rioja
- Valencia
Taiwan
[edit]Tajikistan
[edit]Turkey
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]Individual countries
Cities:
- Birmingham
- Cardiff
- Liverpool
- Manchester
Dependencies and Territories:
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
- Channel Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Isle of Man
- Montserrat
- Saint Helena
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands
United States
[edit]Regions:
Cities:
- Annapolis
- Athens
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Fort Worth
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Olympia
- Omaha
- Philadelphia
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington, D.C.
States:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Overseas:
Historical genres
[edit]- Byzantine
- Early
- Ancient Celtic
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greek
- Ancient India
- Hittite
- Maya
- Medieval (Europe)
- Mesopotamia
- Ottoman
- Ancient Persia
- Prehistoric
- Renaissance (Europe)
- Ancient Rome
- Sasanian Empire
- Soviet Union
- Ancient Sumeria
- Temperance songs
- Ancient Tamil