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Signature Instrument: Music and Crosby

signature instrument: Along with food, it offers a subtle entryway for customs to meet, according to The Chronicle Herald. In the early days of recorded music, ethnic styles were prevalent, and often crossed boundaries. POP LIFE PLAYLIST Immigrants often broadened Western culture through music. Bing Crosby's Irish tenor suited new techniques in recording. A nationwide interest in Hawaiian music in the 1920s led to the invention of country music's signature instrument, the pedal steel guitar. Crosby introduced the notion that popular song can be an intimate conversation between performer and listener both Adele and Beyonc owe a debt to Crosby. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.