ethnic music

Noun

 * 1) * (Music in a style characteristic of foreign-born people.): As an American, I enjoy listening to American music like jazz and country, but I don't like ethnic music.
 * 2) * (Any kind of traditional or folk music.): Popular and classical music are so stuffy, I prefer listening to the rootsy sounds of ethnic music.
 * 3) * (Music in a distinct style associated with an ethnicity.): Hungarians produce a lot of good rock and hip hop music, but it's their ethnic music that I find especially interesting.
 * 4)  The classic body of recordings of Central and Eastern European immigrants to the United States from the early to mid-20th century, and music in that style.
 * 5) * 2012. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8. "Ethnic Music". Martin Stokes. Pg 204.
 * By 1920 Columbia and Victor had issued around 21,000 copies of ethnic music each.
 * 1) * 2003. Horn Man: The Polish-American Musician in Twentieth-century Detroit. Laurie Palazzolo. Pg. 83.
 * This period marked the beginning of a wonderful, if short-lived, era for ethnic music.
 * 1) * 1992. [A Passion for Polka: Old-time Ethnic Music in America]. Victor Greene. Pg. 245.
 * Welk is much better known for his immensely successful programs over television, which began in the early 50s after the era of "ethnic music" acceptance
 * Welk is much better known for his immensely successful programs over television, which began in the early 50s after the era of "ethnic music" acceptance