Country music crossword

4. Before country got its name, what was the name before?
8. His ________, Earl Scruggs, developed a brilliant three-finger picking style that brought the instrument into a lead position.
9. Other instruments occasionally used included Appalachian dulcimer, harmonica, and ________
10. Their music, with its driving, __________ rhythms and instrumental virtuosity, took the name “bluegrass” from Monroe’s band.
12. Small radio stations appeared in the larger Southern and midwest ______ in the 1920s.
13. _______ Music is a style of American popular music
14. Mandolin player Bill ______ and his string band, the Blue Grass Boys, discarded more recently adopted rhythms and instruments
15. Hank Williams’ ________ rise to fame in the late 1940s helped establish Nashville as the undisputed centre of country music

1. Country featured the ______ and guitar as lead instruments over a rhythmic foundation of guitar or banjo
2. In 1942 Roy Acuff, one of the most important country singers, co-organized in _________ the first publishing house for country music.
3. Country music's roots lie in the _______?
5. Two regular programs of great _________ were the “National Barn Dance”
6. country music was carried into new areas and exposed to new influences, such as blues and ______ music.
7. These early recordings were of ballads and country _____ tunes
11. Among these were the ______ Family