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.

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

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

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