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Genres and styles whose names start with SL.
Slacker rock
Slacker rock (originally known as lo-fi or lo-fi indie) is a subgenre of indie rock that emerged in the United States during the late 1980s to early 1990s. Characterized by a rejection (or
Read → EntrySlackness (Jamaican music)
Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior, and music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and
Read → EntrySlip jig
Slip jig ( ) refers to both a style within Irish music, and the Irish dance to music in slip-jig time originating from England. The slip jig is in time, traditionally with accents on 5 of the 9 beats
Read → EntrySlovak folk music
Slovakia has an enormous reservoir of folk music. The people of Slovakia tend to designate themselves as the "singing nation". Many musicological studies evidence that Slovak folk music is indigenous
Read → EntrySlovak hip-hop
Slovak hip hop is said to have begun in 1988, before the establishment of the Slovak Republic itself. The first rap song released in Slovakia was done by Rap Steady Crew from Košice in 1993, followed
Read → EntrySlovak popular music
Popular music began to replace folk music in Slovakia beginning in the 1950s, when Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia; American jazz, R&B, and rock and roll were popular, alongside waltzes,
Read → EntrySlovenian-style polka
Slovenian-style polka (also known as Cleveland Style polka) is an American style of polka in the Slovenian tradition. It is usually associated with Cleveland and other Midwestern
Read → EntrySlow jam
A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs, and are mostly soft-sounding with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content.
Read → EntrySlowcore
Slowcore, also known as sadcore , is a subgenre of indie rock characterised by its subdued tempos, minimalist instrumentation, and sombre vocal performances. Slowcore's influences are diverse,
Read → EntrySludge metal
Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom or simply sludge ) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that combines elements of doom metal and hardcore punk. The genre generally includes slow
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