   the vast majority of the inhabitants of the united states are immigrants or descendents of immigrants. this article will focus on the music of these communities and discuss its roots in countries across africa, europe and asia, excluding only native american music, indigenous and immigrant latinos, puerto rican music, hawaiian music and african american music. the music of irish- and scottish-americans will be a special focus, due to their extreme influence on appalachian folk music and other genres. these sorts of music are often sustained and promoted by a variety of ethnic organizations. ==armenia== see: music of armenia following the armenian genocide of 1915 perpetrated by the young turk government in turkey, large numbers of armenians settled in the central valley area of california, especially around fresno. of the second- and third-generation musicians from this community, richard hagopian became a minor star in the armenian-american community. alan hovhaness used traditional armenian music in his compositions. daja yavasharian is a solo violinist who performs classical music. the ethnically armenian heavy metal band system of a down features armenian melodic elements in many of their songs and has written songs dedicated to the armenian genocide. the group is very active in promoting genocide awareness and recognition. == cape verde == see: music of cape verde there are more cape verdeans outside of their homeland than there are in the island chain itself. in the united states, california and hawaii are home to large cape verdean populations, but the largest concentration is in new england, especially rhode island and southeastern massachusetts. many of these immigrants came via whaling ships in the 19th century. cape verdean music is most famously morna, but other genres exist and the cape verdean community has produced string bands like the b-29s, notias, augusto abrio and the cape verdean serenaders. there were also cape verdean big bands, including the creole vagabonds and the don verdi orchestra. more modern musicians include frank de pina, mendes brothers (and their influential record label, mb records), saozinha, creole sextet and rui pina. ==china== see: music of china chinese-american bands include say bok gwai . the pop-rapper jin has lately gained some national renown as well. the electronic group shanghai restoration project has been rising through the charts in online downloadable music stores. ==cze
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