The American South and the Southwest are the two southern regions of the United States where the country music genre is also known as country and western. The main focus of country music, which dates back to the 1920s, is singing narratives about working-class and blue-collar American life.
As audiophiles, we strive almost obsessively for a low noise floor and no distractions, only to be spectacularly thwarted when we evaluate equipment in a retail or show environment. Around us, people are entering and exiting, and often talking up a storm. The air conditioner is set to a low drone. Bass notes leak in from the next room over.