List of cultural and regional genres of music
# List of cultural and regional genres of music

Many musical genres are particular to some geographical region or to an ethnic, religious or linguistic group.

## Cultural genres

### By ethnicity or origin

* Ainu
* Indigenous Australian
* Maori
* Palestinian
* Russian
* Ukrainian

**Immigrant communities**

* African American
* Anglo-American
* White Australian
* Cajun and Louisiana Creole
* Caribbean-British
* Immigrants to Australia
* Immigrants to the United States
* Indian-British
* Indo-Caribbean
* Irish- and Scottish-Canadian
* Irish- and Scottish-American
* Latino-American
* Tex-Mex and Tejano

**International ethnic groups**

* Afro-American (also Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean)
* Andean
* Arabic
* Assyrian
* Basque
* Bedouin
* Berber
* Celtic
* Garifuna
* Korean
* Kurd
* Jewish
   * Secular
   * Sephardic
* Lao
* Maroon
* Native American and First Nations
* Nordic
* Romani
* Sami

**Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups**

* Baganda
* Ewe
* Hausa
* Igbo
* Ndebele
* Pygmy
* Shona
* Sotho
* Swazi
* Tswana
* Wolof
* Xhosa
* Yoruba
* Zulu

**Native American ethnic groups**

* Arapaho
* Blackfoot
* Dene
* Iroquois
* Innu
* Inuit
* Kiowa
* Kwakiutl
* Navajo
* Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
* Seminole
* Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
* Yaqui
* Yuman

### Indigenous Caribbean, Mexican, South and Central American people

* Maya

### By religion

* Buddhism
* Christianity
   * Anglicanism and Episcopalianism
   * Amish
   * Latter-Day Saints
   * Orthodox
      * Greek Orthodox
   * Salvation Army
   * Shakers
* Hare Krishna
* Hinduism
* Judaism
* Islam
* Native American religion
* Neopaganism
* Rastafari movement
* Shinto
* Sikhism
* Taoism
* Zoroastrianism
* See also: Music of Vatican City

### By language

* Esperanto
* Portuguese

## Geographic genres

### By country

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Congo-Kinshasa
* Congo-Brazzaville
* Costa Rica
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* East Timor
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* Greece
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* North Korea
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Palestine
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* San Marino
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Swaziland
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Vatican City
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Western Sahara
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### By continent or other international region

* Africa
* Asia
* Caribbean
* Central America
* Central Asia
* East Asia
* Eastern Europe
* Lesser Antilles
* Low Countries
* Melanesia
* Micronesia
* Middle East
* North Africa
* Northern Europe
* Oceania
* Polynesia
* South Asia
* Southeast Asia
* Southeastern Europe
* West Africa

### By province, region or other sub-national entity

**Algeria**

* Kabylie

**Australia**

* Adelaide
* Brisbane
* Canberra
* Perth
* Sydney

**Austria**

* Innsbruck
* Vienna

**Bulgaria**

* Thrace

**Canada**

Cities:

* Montreal
* Vancouver

Regions:

* Maritime Provinces
* Prairie Provinces
* West

Provinces and Territories:

* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* New Brunswick
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Northwest Territories
* Nova Scotia
* Nunavut
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Yukon

**Chile**

* Easter Island

**China**

* Anhui
* Fujian
* Gansu
* Guangdong
* Guangxi
* Guizhou
* Hebei
* Heilongjiang
* Henan
* Hong Kong
* Hubei
* Inner Mongolia
* Jiangxi
* Jilin
* Macau
* Manchuria
* Qinghai
* Shaanxi
* Sichuan
* Tibet
* Xinjiang
* Yunnan

**Denmark**

Overseas:

* Faroe Islands
* Greenland

**Finland**

* Åland
* Karelia

**France**

Cities

* Monaco
* Paris

Regions

* Aquitaine
* Auvergne
* Brittany
* Burgundy
* Corsica
* Gascony
* Limousin

Overseas:

* Austral Islands
* French Guiana
* French Polynesia
* Martinique and Guadeloupe
* Mayotte
* New Caledonia
* Réunion
* Tahiti
* Wallis and Futuna

**Germany**

Cities

* Berlin

**Greece**

* Aegean Islands
* Crete
* Cyclades
* Dodecanese Islands
* Epirus
* Ionian Islands
* Lesbos
* Macedonia
* Peloponnesos
* Thessaloniki
* Thessaly
* Thrace

**Hungary**

* Budapest
* Pécs

**India**

* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bengal
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kashmir
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Orissa
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttaranchal

**Indonesia**

* Bali
* Java
* Sumatra

**Israel**

* Mizrahi Music

**Italy**

Regions:

* Aosta Valley
* Calabria
* Campania
* Friuli
* Latium
* Liguria
* Lombardy
* Marche
* Piedmont
* Puglia
* Sardinia
* Sicily
* Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
* Tuscany
* Veneto

Cities:

* Florence
* Genoa
* Lucca
* Milan
* Naples
* Venice

**Japan**

* Okinawa

**Mexico**

* Chihuahua

**Netherlands**

Overseas:

* Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles

**New Zealand**

Overseas:

* Cook Islands
* Niue
* Tokelau

**Portugal**

* Madeira

**Romania**

* Transylvania

**Russia**

Cities:

* Kaliningrad
* Rostov-on-Don

Regions:

* Adygea
* Altai
* Astrakhan
* Bashkortostan
* Buryatia
* Dagestan
* Evenkia
* Ingushetia
* Irkutsk
* Kaliningrad
* Kalmykia
* Karelia
* Khakassia
* Mordovia
* Nenetsia
* Ossetia
* Sakha
* Tatarstan
* Tuva
* Udmurtia

**Serbia**

* Vojvodina

**Spain**

* Andalusia
* Aragon
* Balearic Islands
* Basque Country
* Canary Islands
* Castile, Madrid and Leon
* Catalonia
* Extremadura
* Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
* Madrid
* Murcia
* Navarre and La Rioja
* Valencia

**Taiwan**

* Taiwan

**Tajikistan**

* Badakhshan

**Turkey**

* Thrace
* Karadeniz

**United Kingdom**

Individual countries

* England
   * Cornwall
   * Northumbria
   * Somerset
* Northern Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales

Cities:

* Birmingham
   * Classical music of Birmingham
   * Jazz of Birmingham
   * Popular music of Birmingham
* Cardiff
* Liverpool
* Manchester

Dependencies and Territories:

* Anguilla
* Bermuda
* Cayman Islands
* Channel Islands
* Falkland Islands
* Gibraltar
* Isle of Man
* Montserrat
* Saint Helena
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* Virgin Islands

**United States**

Regions:

* Appalachia
* Mid-Atlantic
* West

Cities:

* Annapolis
* Athens
* Atlanta
* Austin
* Baltimore
* Charlotte
* Chicago
* Dallas
* Denver
* Detroit
* Fort Worth
* Los Angeles
* Miami
* Milwaukee
* New Orleans
* New York City
* Olympia
* Omaha
* Philadelphia
* San Diego
* San Francisco
* Seattle
* Washington, D.C.

States:

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Overseas:

* American Samoa
* Guam
* Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
* Virgin Islands

## Historical genres

* Byzantine
* Early
* Ancient Celtic
* Ancient Egypt
* Ancient Greek
* Ancient India
* Hittite
* Maya
* Medieval (Europe)
* Mesopotamia
* Ottoman
* Ancient Persia
* Prehistoric
* Renaissance (Europe)
* Ancient Rome
* Sasanian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Ancient Sumeria
* Temperance songs
* Ancient Tamil
