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Roots music
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Roots music is any music that follows pre-commercial musical traditions. These traditions may include instrumentation, tunings, voicings, phrasing, subject matter, and even production methods. Most importantly, roots music follows the traditional purpose or spirit.[citation needed] The phrase "roots music" is most often used in the context of "American roots music", a broad category that includes early blues, American folk music, country, and bluegrass.
Many musicians identify themselves as "roots musicians" to avoid being pidgeonholed into a particular commercial category. Roots songwriters want to be free to forge new directions, blurring and breaking musical limits. On the other hand, musicians are deeply grateful to the giants from whom they learn. Many continue to study the work of pioneers and innovators who inspire them. Roots musicians give strong credit to their influences and often find mixing traditions brings new life to their work.
The roots approach to music emphasizes the diversity of our musical traditions, the genealogy of creative lineages and communities, and the innovative contributions of musicians working in these traditions today. In recent years roots music has been the focus of popular media programs such as Garrison Keillor's public radio program A Prairie Home Companion and the feature film by the same name.
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