Vad är äkta countrymusik? - En genres strävan efter det genuina
AuthenticityCountry musicSimplicityContextual comprehensionNaturalnessMusicologyMusikvetenskapPedagogy and didacticsPedagogikDidaktikArts and ArchitectureSocial Sciences
The purpose of the present study has been to explore if there is an agreement between people about what to call real country music. Three Swedish people who are interested in country music have described this music by means of interviews. The interviews have been analysed and compared with literature dealing with country music, and the result of the study presents three conceptions: authenticity, simplicity and contextual comprehension. The conclusion is that there seems to be some common views about what real country music is but that these conceptions are not defined in exactly the same way by different people.