"A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or "basic musical language." Music may also be categorised by non-musical criteria such as geographical origin though a single geographical category will often include a wide variety of sub-genres."MusicNewsReviews: Music genre
Music Genre Root Categories
A Capella
Ambient
Blues
Brazilian
Caribbean / Afro-Latin
Children's Music
Christian
Classical
Country
Electronic
Experimental
Folk
Funk
Gospel
Hip-Hop
Jazz
New Age
Pop
R&B
Rock
Seasonal / Holiday
Swing