Northeastern Region

The Region
The states that make up the Northeastern United States are Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. The Northeast consists of the fewest number of states and smallest population of the four regions.

The History 
New England has more of a shared heritage than other regions of the country. It has played a dominant role in American history. From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, New England was the nation's leader in politics, education, culture, and intellectual thought as well as the country's economic center.
As some of the original New England settlers migrated westward, immigrants from Canada, Ireland, Italy, and Eastern Europe moved into the region. Despite a changing population, New England maintains a distinct cultural identity. New England is also well known for its mercurial weather and vibrantly colored foliage in autumn. The extreme southwestern part of Connecticut is sometimes considered culturally and demographically more like the Mid-Atlantic region because of its proximity to New York City.

The Music
The Northwest as a region can be separated into different musical sectors. There are cities like Washington.D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City that have a more urban sound. "Hip hop arose in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City. Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc is widely regarded as the progenitor of hip hop; he brought with him from Jamaica the practice of toasting over the rhythms of popular songs. Emcees originally arose to introduce the soul, funk and R&B songs that the DJs played, and to keep the crowd excited and dancing; over time, the DJs began isolating the percussion break of songs (when the rhythm climaxes), producing a repeated beat that the emcees rapped over.By the beginning of the 1980s, there were popular hip hop songs, and the celebrities of the scene, like LL Cool J, gained mainstream renown. Other performers experimented with politicized lyrics and social awareness, or fused hip hop with jazz, heavy metal, techno, funk and soul. New styles appeared in the latter part of the 1980s, like alternative hip hop and the closely related jazz rap fusion" (Wikipedia). This movement spread across the United States but also influenced other genres of music.
                                               DJ Cool Herc- Let Me Clear My Throat

In the states of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire rock became the preferred style of music. "Rock and roll developed out of country, blues, and R&B. Rock's exact origins and early influences have been hotly debated, and are the subjects of much scholarship. Though squarely in the blues tradition, rock took elements from Afro-Caribbean and Latin musical techniques. Rock was an urban style, formed in the areas where diverse populations resulted in the mixtures of African American, Latino, and European genres ranging from the blues and country to polka and zydeco. Rock and roll first entered popular music through a style called rockabilly, which fused the nascent sound with elements of country music" (Garofalo, 131). Today it has grown to include many different styles and artists all with their unique rocking sound.

                                                    Born to Run Bruce Springsteen

Music Today

The genres of the Northeast are different subgroups of rock in the New England area that are influenced by the hip hop, rap, blues, and R&B of the urban areas. Recently there has been a rise in this region of Electronic music which generally implies the use of electronic instrumentation to create/synthesize or to manipulate sound (types of music). The Northeast as a musical region is vibrant and has influenced the music and culture in America.
                                                               Bad Girls M.I.A.