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This is a list of cities that are strongly associated with the evolution of
a genre of music. Some genres may be listed more than once because of multiple
views on its evolution. More detail in these cases can be found on the article
on the genre in question.
Albania
Shkodër - sevdalinke
Tirana - Alb-pop
Algeria
Oran - raï
Argentina
Buenos Aires - tango, nueva canción
Australia
Melbourne - Australian jazz
Austria
Vienna - schrammelmusik
Bahamas
Freeport - junkanoo
Nassau - junkanoo, gombay
Brazil
Belém - carimbó
Recife - frevo, forró
Rio de Janeiro - choro, samba, bossa nova
Porto Seguro - lambada
Salvador - axé
Canada
Edmonton - country music
Halifax - Maritime folk music
Vancouver - hardcore punk
Chile
Santiago - nueva canción
China
Beijing - Chinese rock
Hong Kong - Cantopop
Colombia
Córdoba - llanera
Los Llanos - llanera
Cartagena - champeta
Sucre - porro
Valledupar - vallenato
Cuba
Havana - salsa, rumba, charanga, timba, son montuno
Matanzas - rumba
Santiago - bolero
Czech Republic
Prague - staroprazske pisnieky
Germany
Munich - Alpine New Wave, electroclash
Greece
Athens - rembétika
India
Mumbai - filmi
Italy
Florence - opera
Jamaica
Kingston - reggae, dub, dancehall, rocksteady, ska
Japan
Osaka - ryukoka
Laos
Luang Prabang - khaplam wai
Mexico
Guadalajara - mariachi
Veracruz - jarochos
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar - pop mop
Netherlands
Amsterdam - gabba
New Zealand
Dunedin - Dunedin Sound
Norway
Oslo - Scandinavian death metal
Peru
Cuzco - huayno
Lima - chicha
Portugal
Lisbon - fado
The Philippines
Manila - Manila Sound
Spain
Cádiz - flamenco
Ibiza - house music
Seville - Sevillana
Sweden
Gothenburg - Scandinavian death metal
Stockholm - Scandinavian death metal
Switzerland
Basel - rock and roll, raga rock
Zürich - dialect rock
Uganda
Kampala - kadongo kamu
United Kingdom
Canterbury - Canterbury Sound
London - punk rock, Oi, house music, disco music
Liverpool - merseybeat
Manchester - house, madchester, drum and bass, jungle
Birmingham - heavy metal,
Yorkshire - Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass
United States
Austin, Texas - country music
Baltimore, Maryland - doo wop
Bakersfield - Bakersfield Sound
Baton Rouge - swamp blues
Boston - skinhead punk
Chicago - Chicago Style, jump blues, Chicago blues, hip house, house, Chicago
house, ghetto house, industrial music
Detroit - Motown, Detroit Sound, techno music, ghettotech, Detroit blues,
garage rock
Kansas City - Kansas City blues
Lafayette - Cajun music
Long Beach - skacore
Los Angeles, California - psychedelic rock, G-funk, hair metal, electro hop,
death rock, Paisley Underground
Lubbock, Texas - Lubbock Sound
Memphis - Memphis blues, Memphis soul
Miami - Miami Sound, Miami bass
Minneapolis - Minneapolis Sound
Nashville - country music, Nashville Sound
New Orleans - jazz, New Orleans blues, ragtime, R&B
New York - punk rock, salsa, Tin Pan Alley, hip hop, disco, New Wave,No Wave,
New York house, jazz, bop, free jazz, acid jazz, swing music, electroclash
Oakland - West Coast hip hop, stride, ragtime, electro
Omaha - Omaha Sound
Philadelphia - thresher, East Coast hip hop, Philly soul
Olympia - riot grrl
San Francisco - psychedelic rock, deep house
San Antonio - norteño
Seattle, Washington - grunge music, garage rock
Shreveport - swamp pop
South Bay - hardcore punk
Washington D.C. - go go, riot grrl, emo, hardcore punk, straight edge, skinhead
punk
Uruguay
Montevideo - candombe
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