Popular music Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Fu ...

began to replace

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

in Slovakia beginning in the 1950s, when Slovakia was a part of

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

;

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

, R&B, and

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm a ...

were popular, alongside

waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the w ...

es, polkas, and czardas, among other folk forms. By the end of the 1950s, radios were common household items, though only state stations were legal. Slovak popular music began as a mix of bossa nova,

cool jazz Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements an ...

, and rock, with propagandistic lyrics. Dissenters listened to

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(Austrian Radio),

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, or

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, which played more rock. Czechoslovakia was more passive in the face of Soviet domination, and thus radio and the whole music industry toed the line more closely than other satellite states. After the

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution ( cs, Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution ( sk, Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations agains ...

and the declaration of the Slovak state, domestic music greatly diversified as free enterprise allowed a great expansion in the number of bands and genres represented in the Slovak market. Soon, however, major label brought

pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former descri ...

to Slovakia and drove many of the small companies out of business. The 1990s, American grunge and

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

, and

Britpop Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. It produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music and to the ...

gain a wide following, as well as a newfound popularity in musicals.

John Dopyera John Dopyera ( Slovak: ''Ján Dopjera''; 1893–1988) was a Slovak-American inventor and entrepreneur, and a maker of stringed instruments. His inventions include the resonator guitar and important contributions in the early development of the ...

and his brothers, the inventors of the

resonator guitar A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones (resonators), instead of to the guitar's sounding board (top). Resonator guit ...

(DOpjera BROthers- Dobro, were born in Slovakia.

Late 20th century's and today's musicians and music groups

Metal

* Achsar * Algor * Apoplexy * April Weeps * Bestialit * Čad * Dementor * Depresy * Doomas * Editor * Mystic Death * King (SVK) * Galadriel * Laburnum Diver

Hardcore

* Flow * Junk

Crossover Thrash

* Kershik

Hard Rock

* The Maybe * Dorian Grey

Jazz Rock

* Fermata * Dežo Ursiny

Rock

* Arzén * Bez Ladu a Skladu *

Desmod Desmod is a Slovakia, Slovak music band, playing mainly mainstream pop-rock songs, founded in 1996. The former lineup is completely different from the current one and they have played genres including soft rock and pop rock. Nowadays, Desmod is on ...

* Atlantída * Elán * * Good Fancy *

Free Faces Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procure ...

* HEX * Chiki Liki Tu-a *

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* Le Payaco * Metalinda * Neuropa * No Gravity (band) * Out of Control *

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Tublatanka Tublatanka is a Slovak rock band formed in the autumn of 1982 in Bratislava, Slovakia, best known for the hits "Pravda víťazí" (The Truth Prevails) and "Dnes" (Today). The band's classic lineup consisted of Maťo Ďurinda (also known as M ...

* Nocadeň *

Para Para, or PARA, may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange * Para Group, the former name of CT Corp * Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer * Para USA, formerly ...

Art Rock

Marián Varga Marián Varga (29 January 1947 – 9 August 2017) was a Slovak musician, composer and organist. Biography He played the piano from the age of six. He studied piano and composition at the conservatory in Bratislava. He left the conservatory after ...

* The Bridgeheads

Pop Rock

Peha Peha, formerly known as Peha & Karmen Pál-Baláž was a Slovak band originating from Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn and Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Pr ...

* Good Fancy * Peoples * Abscondo

Rap

* TCZY * Terapia * Drvivá menšina * Čistychov * Hanny * PravyOpak * Suchý pes * L.U.Z.A. * DK LUKY podzemie * Miky Mora * Názov Stavby * Vec * Zverina * Veta a Orbit * Rendezska SK * Strnastka * Druhá Strana * Severná Strana * Kontrafakt * Gramo Rokkaz * DMS * Elpe * BoyBand * Moja Reč *Rapuj Roger!

Punk Rock

* Iné Kafe *

Horkýže Slíže Horkýže Slíže is a Slovak rock band formed in 1992 in Nitra. Horkýže Slíže's music contains elements of punk, rock, pop and metal. Their lyrics are known for their humorous content and they sometimes produce parodies of other styles of mu ...

* Horská Chata * Plus Mínus * Punkreas * Zóna A * HT * Slobodná Európa * Odpad * Brickfield * EX-tip * DPH * Davová Psychóza * Prípad Ewy Burdovej * Dimenzia X * Konflikt * Zhoda Náhod * Dr.Pako * Sitňan * Mladé Rozlety * Kóta 22 * Street Spirit * Toy Pištols * Pivnica * D Zmrds * Immunita * Načo Názov * Vandali * Hasiaci Prístroj * Kaktus * Lord Alex * Dissident * Poďme do práce * The Kľemones * Metamorfóza * Illegality * Karpina * Princovia * Decis * Bačova fujara * Nekultúra * Norton * Punkhart * Tri groše * Strata času * Začiatok konca * S.R.O * Živý plot * Železná Kolóna * Č.O.V. * S.N.P.

Ska

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* Ska2tonics * Skaprašupina *

Hudba z marsu ''Music from Mars'' ( cs, Hudba z Marsu) is a 1955 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. The film starred Josef Kemr Josef Kemr (20 June 1922 – 15 January 1995) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ...

* Lepayaco * Vedro * Bublifunk * Fuera Fondo

Samples

Lunatic Gods - alternative metal band, which plays also some folk music instruments, like fujara and drumbla.

References

*{{cite book, last=Plocek, first=Jiri, chapter=East Meets West, year=2000, editor1=Broughton, Simon , editor2=Ellingham, Mark , editor3=McConnachie, James , editor4=Duane, Orla , title=World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pages=49–57, location=London , publisher=Rough Guides, isbn=1-85828-636-0 Slovak styles of music, Pop Popular music by country