country music

2. A large natural elevation of the earth's surface, defining the Appalachian landscape.
5. The intense emotional pain of a failed romance or lost love.
7. The extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness.
8. A large group of people gathered together, such as at a live country concert.
9. A fretted stringed instrument played by strumming or plucking.
10. A deep, pensive, and gentle sadness, common in country lyrics.
12. A plucked string instrument with a circular membrane body used in traditional folk.
13. dance A choreographed group dance where people line up and step in unison to music.

1. A stringed instrument played with a bow, essential to traditional folk tunes.
3. Religious soul music with roots in the American South that heavily influenced country.
4. A small, pocket-sized wind instrument played by blowing and drawing air.
6. The eastern US mountain region where early country music first flourished.
8. A herder of cattle in the American West, iconic to the genre's imagery.
11. Sound produced naturally without electronic amplification.