Roots music

Roots music can refer to several styles or trends in music:

• Folk music
  • Specifically, American folk music
• Americana (music), a musical style incorporating early blues, country, folk, rhythm and blues, and rock influences
• Roots reggae
• Roots revival, a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors
• Traditional music, music transmitted as part of an oral culture
• World music