Genres: Int'l: British

The massive post-war folk revival in Britain emphasized 19th century work songs, including industrial labor songs and sea shanties. Here are the most important recordings of Britian's traditional music movement.

In the 1990s, these bands revitalized and re-imagined the British tradition of tuneful, guitar driven pop bands (established, of course, by The Beatles). The lyrics celebrate British youth culture and the music is packed full of big, bright, catchy hooks.

The first wave of punk bands in Britain produced some of the fastest, hardest, and grittiest rock music the world had ever heard. Hold on and get ready for "anarchy in the U.K."

British reggae for lovers, along with its romantic Jamaican predecessors. Share it with someone you fancy.

The British blues boom, from its purist mid-'60s beginnings to the early '70s, when a new breed of bands brought a harder edge to England's take on U.S. blues and R&B.

From Liverpool to London and Cardiff to Cork, U.K. artists were all the rage during the British Invasion's mid-'60s peak. From raw rock & roll to parent-friendly pop, these acts brought Swinging London to the rest of the globe.

UK sophisti-pop featuring either glossy '80s-style production or an overt American soul and jazz influence.

As the '80s became the '90s, Manchester's lively, drug-fueled music scene smashed together dance music and psychedelia with wild-eyed glee. Recall the acts that peaked during 1989's New Summer of Love, as well as the bands that book-ended the era.

Get acquainted with a multitude of bass-heavy Brits. Explore over two decades' worth of UK dance music subgenres, from classic drum'n'bass to the recent emergence of dubstep.