Western music is said to be influenced by the folk music traditions of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and cowboy songs sung around … See more

The Western Writers of America was formed in 1953 to promote excellence in western-style writing, including songwriting. Late 1950s, See more

Older western music is widely streamed on major platforms, with music by Marty Robbins and Al Hurricane being more easily accessible. Newer … See more

• The Academy of Western Artists
• The Western Music Association
• Roughstock's History of Country Music See more

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, western music became widely popular through the romanticization of the cowboy and idealized depictions of the west in Hollywood See more

Authors such as Barry Mazor, Richard Carlin and John T. Davis have used the term cowboy pop to describe the music of cowboy singers in See more

• Cannon, Hal. Old Time Cowboy Songs. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 0-87905-308-9
• Green, Douglas B. Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy. Vanderbilt University … See more