{
  "api": "music-genres",
  "title": "Music Genres",
  "description": "Popular music genres with their decade and region of origin and a short description.",
  "emoji": "🎵",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
  "count": 36,
  "self": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/index",
  "endpoints": {
    "list": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/index",
    "item": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/{id}"
  },
  "fields": [
    "description",
    "id",
    "name",
    "origin_decade",
    "origin_region"
  ],
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "blues",
      "name": "Blues",
      "origin_decade": "1900s",
      "origin_region": "Southern United States",
      "description": "African American folk music built on the twelve-bar form and blue notes, ancestral to jazz and rock.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/blues"
    },
    {
      "id": "jazz",
      "name": "Jazz",
      "origin_decade": "1910s",
      "origin_region": "New Orleans, United States",
      "description": "Improvisation-driven genre blending blues, ragtime, and swing rhythms.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/jazz"
    },
    {
      "id": "ragtime",
      "name": "Ragtime",
      "origin_decade": "1890s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Syncopated piano style that predated jazz, popularized by Scott Joplin.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/ragtime"
    },
    {
      "id": "gospel",
      "name": "Gospel",
      "origin_decade": "1900s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Christian devotional music rooted in African American church traditions.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/gospel"
    },
    {
      "id": "country",
      "name": "Country",
      "origin_decade": "1920s",
      "origin_region": "Southern United States",
      "description": "Rural American genre drawing on folk ballads, string bands, and honky-tonk.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/country"
    },
    {
      "id": "swing",
      "name": "Swing",
      "origin_decade": "1930s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Big-band jazz style built for dancing with a strong rhythmic groove.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/swing"
    },
    {
      "id": "bluegrass",
      "name": "Bluegrass",
      "origin_decade": "1940s",
      "origin_region": "Appalachia, United States",
      "description": "Acoustic string-band offshoot of country featuring fast banjo and fiddle.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/bluegrass"
    },
    {
      "id": "rhythm-and-blues",
      "name": "Rhythm and Blues",
      "origin_decade": "1940s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "African American popular music combining blues, jazz, and gospel that shaped rock and soul.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/rhythm-and-blues"
    },
    {
      "id": "rock-and-roll",
      "name": "Rock and Roll",
      "origin_decade": "1950s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Backbeat-driven fusion of rhythm and blues and country that launched rock music.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/rock-and-roll"
    },
    {
      "id": "soul",
      "name": "Soul",
      "origin_decade": "1950s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Emotive fusion of gospel and rhythm and blues centered on expressive vocals.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/soul"
    },
    {
      "id": "ska",
      "name": "Ska",
      "origin_decade": "1950s",
      "origin_region": "Jamaica",
      "description": "Upbeat Jamaican genre with offbeat guitar chords that preceded reggae.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/ska"
    },
    {
      "id": "surf-rock",
      "name": "Surf Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "California, United States",
      "description": "Reverb-heavy instrumental rock associated with surfing culture.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/surf-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "motown",
      "name": "Motown",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "Detroit, United States",
      "description": "Polished soul-pop sound developed by Detroit's Motown Records label.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/motown"
    },
    {
      "id": "psychedelic-rock",
      "name": "Psychedelic Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "United States and United Kingdom",
      "description": "Experimental rock evoking drug-influenced experiences with distortion and studio effects.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/psychedelic-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "funk",
      "name": "Funk",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Rhythmic, groove-based genre emphasizing bass and syncopated drums.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/funk"
    },
    {
      "id": "reggae",
      "name": "Reggae",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "Jamaica",
      "description": "Jamaican genre with offbeat rhythms and socially conscious lyrics.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/reggae"
    },
    {
      "id": "folk-rock",
      "name": "Folk Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1960s",
      "origin_region": "United States and United Kingdom",
      "description": "Fusion of folk songwriting with rock instrumentation and amplification.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/folk-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "heavy-metal",
      "name": "Heavy Metal",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "United Kingdom",
      "description": "Loud, aggressive rock built on distorted guitars, power, and volume.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/heavy-metal"
    },
    {
      "id": "progressive-rock",
      "name": "Progressive Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "United Kingdom",
      "description": "Ambitious rock incorporating extended forms and classical or jazz complexity.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/progressive-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "punk-rock",
      "name": "Punk Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "United States and United Kingdom",
      "description": "Fast, stripped-down, anti-establishment rock with a do-it-yourself ethos.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/punk-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "disco",
      "name": "Disco",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Dance-floor genre with a steady four-on-the-floor beat and lush production.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/disco"
    },
    {
      "id": "hip-hop",
      "name": "Hip Hop",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "Bronx, New York, United States",
      "description": "Culture and genre built on rapping over beats, sampling, and DJing.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/hip-hop"
    },
    {
      "id": "new-wave",
      "name": "New Wave",
      "origin_decade": "1970s",
      "origin_region": "United States and United Kingdom",
      "description": "Pop-leaning offshoot of punk incorporating synthesizers and quirky style.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/new-wave"
    },
    {
      "id": "synth-pop",
      "name": "Synth-pop",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "United Kingdom",
      "description": "Pop music in which the synthesizer is the dominant instrument.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/synth-pop"
    },
    {
      "id": "house",
      "name": "House",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "Chicago, United States",
      "description": "Repetitive four-on-the-floor electronic dance music born in Chicago clubs.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/house"
    },
    {
      "id": "techno",
      "name": "Techno",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "Detroit, United States",
      "description": "Electronic dance genre built on machine rhythms and futuristic textures.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/techno"
    },
    {
      "id": "thrash-metal",
      "name": "Thrash Metal",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "United States",
      "description": "Fast, aggressive metal subgenre with rapid riffing and intense drumming.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/thrash-metal"
    },
    {
      "id": "grunge",
      "name": "Grunge",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "Seattle, United States",
      "description": "Distorted, angst-ridden fusion of punk and heavy metal from the Pacific Northwest.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/grunge"
    },
    {
      "id": "alternative-rock",
      "name": "Alternative Rock",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "United States and United Kingdom",
      "description": "Broad category of rock existing outside the commercial mainstream.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/alternative-rock"
    },
    {
      "id": "grime",
      "name": "Grime",
      "origin_decade": "2000s",
      "origin_region": "London, United Kingdom",
      "description": "Fast, bass-heavy electronic genre combining UK garage and hip hop.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/grime"
    },
    {
      "id": "dubstep",
      "name": "Dubstep",
      "origin_decade": "2000s",
      "origin_region": "London, United Kingdom",
      "description": "Electronic genre defined by sub-bass, sparse rhythms, and heavy drops.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/dubstep"
    },
    {
      "id": "emo",
      "name": "Emo",
      "origin_decade": "1980s",
      "origin_region": "Washington, D.C., United States",
      "description": "Emotionally expressive offshoot of hardcore punk with confessional lyrics.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/emo"
    },
    {
      "id": "trap",
      "name": "Trap",
      "origin_decade": "2000s",
      "origin_region": "Southern United States",
      "description": "Hip hop subgenre marked by rapid hi-hats, heavy 808 bass, and dark themes.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/trap"
    },
    {
      "id": "k-pop",
      "name": "K-pop",
      "origin_decade": "1990s",
      "origin_region": "South Korea",
      "description": "South Korean pop music known for polished production and choreographed groups.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/k-pop"
    },
    {
      "id": "afrobeats",
      "name": "Afrobeats",
      "origin_decade": "2000s",
      "origin_region": "West Africa",
      "description": "Contemporary West African pop blending highlife, hip hop, and dancehall.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/afrobeats"
    },
    {
      "id": "classical",
      "name": "Classical",
      "origin_decade": null,
      "origin_region": "Europe",
      "description": "Formal Western art music tradition spanning centuries of composed works.",
      "url": "https://gratisapi.com/api/music-genres/classical"
    }
  ]
}