[Paulski]

Adam asked the question - are genres important? - in another thread.
I thought - yeah there used to be about ten, now there are hundreds.
But how many are there - really?

So here's the challenge - name as many as you want in your post but do not repeat one that has been posted before you - or we will hunt you down, call you out, and Trump will bully you on his twitter feed 

[Paulski]

The originals:

Pop
Country
Rock
Jazz
Classical
Blues

 

[The S]

Aaw you left me the best one!  

Folk.

[adamfarr]

Hip-hop
R&B
Reggae
Ska (cousin but not type of reggae)
Heavy Metal (or is that rock? anyone for subgenres?)

Are we allowed ones with -billy at the end?

[Jamie]

Shoe gaze! Ambient ! Alternative rock! Progressive rock! Jazz rock! Disco! Dance!
 

[GuyBarry]

Swing
Big band
Easy listening
Middle-of-the-road

[ScottLevi]

Oo nice,

Grime
House
Techno

There's also a guy at my work who listens exclusively to "techno-house", so I guess you can mix & match aha

[Boydie]

Soul

[Paulski]

Bluegrass
50's
60's
70's
80's
90's

[Paulski]

Grunge
Punk
Funk
Drunk (sorry!)

[GuyBarry]

50's
60's
70's
80's
90's

Those aren't genres - they're periods.

[Paulski]

50's
60's
70's
80's
90's

Those aren't genres - they're periods.

 

[delb0y]

Americana (I've even seen post-Americana)
Bluegrass
Gypsy Jazz
Ragtime
Euro-Pop
My buddy Jim would never forgive me if I didn't say Kraut-Rock

[GuyBarry]

I don't like the way that "classical" is lumped together as one enormous genre.  Shouldn't we have things like

Symphonic
Chamber music
Opera
Ballet music
Art songs

etc.?

[Boydie]

Adult Contemporary
Middle of the road
Singer songwriter