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Ballad of America Ballad of America preserves and celebrates music from Americas diverse cultural history. Music LibraryArticles and videos with fascinating stories of songs genres instruments people and more For EducatorsResources to help teachers both traditional and homeschool integrate music and United States history Sing ItSingalong videos recordings lead sheets and more to facilitate the singing of American folk songs by people of all ages Live EventsMultimedia programs that entertain inspire and inform people of all ages delivered inperson and online Official Partner Americas Music The music in America today is part of a continuum that reaches back to the Indigenous peoples and stretches across the Atlantic Ocean to the Old World. Music instruments and songs tell the story of the ordinary and extraordinary people who have populated the United States and propelled it into the 21st century. The genres of music explored through Ballad of America include traditional folk songs fiddle tunes ballads both Old and New World sea shanties railroad and cowboy songs Appalachian ragtime spirituals work songs minstrel blues jazz jug band rhythm and blues oldtime country and western Cajun bluegrass and rock roll.