List of Words Derived From Toponyms - Musical Genres

Musical Genres

  • Britpop — British popular music
  • Canterbury scene — after Canterbury, Kent, England
  • Chicago soul — after Chicago
  • Dixieland jazz — after Dixie, nickname for the southern United States
  • Dunedin sound — after the New Zealand city of Dunedin
  • Madchester — after Manchester, England
  • Memphis soul — after Memphis, Tennessee
  • Merseybeat — after the River Mersey
  • Philly soul — after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Urban Pasifika — after the Pacific Ocean

Read more about this topic:  List Of Words Derived From Toponyms

Famous quotes containing the word musical:

    Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)