American Roots Music:

because thanks to the marketing moguls*,
Folk now means "whiny" in common parlance,
Blues means it all sounds the same,
Jazz means boring unless you're blowing your money in wine bars,
Americana means Country that doesn't frighten New Yorkers,
Country means Country,
R&B means for black people,
Pop means whatever they want to sell you today,
Acoustic means you don't get booked,
and Ragtime doesn't mean anything.

* If you don't buy what the weasles are telling you, you are hearby officially deputized.
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