Country music

Australia has a long tradition of music of country, which has developed a completely different style of the their US counterparts. The early roots of the Australian country related to folk traditions of Ireland, England, Scotland and of many diverse Nations. The latter 1800s "Botany Bay" is an example. "" Dancing the waltz Matilda, often watched by foreigners as informal national anthem, Australia is an Australian quintessential country song, influenced more by the Celtic folk ballads that the American country and Western music. "This strain of Australian country music with lyrics focus on strictly Australian topics, generally known as" music of Bush "or" Bush band music. "The most successful Australian band Bush is Melbourne Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s."

Another, Americanized way Australian country music was started in the 1930s by such artists as Tex Morton recording, and popularized later about thin Polvoriento, remembered best for his 1957 song "a publication without beer". Recent years contemporary country music, offering great cross with popular music, has enjoyed considerable popularity in Australia; notable musicians in this genre include Beccy Cole, Gina Jeffreys, Stools Kernaghan and sister Tania Kernaghan, Sara Storer, Felicity Urquhart, and the huge successful Kasey compartments, the John Butler Trio, Keith Urban and Shannon Noll.