Old-time music

Old-time music (or old-timey music) is a form of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Africa. This musical form developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance. The genre also encompasses ballads and other types of folk song, and is played on acoustic instruments.

Notes

• {{note|autonumber}}Jones, LeRoi (1965). Blues People: Negro Music in White America. London: MacGibbon & Kee. ISBN 068818474X.