 georgia's musical output includes southern rap groups such as outkast and goodie mob, as well as a wide variety of rock, pop, and country artists such as r.e.m. and family force 5. the music of athens, georgia, is especially well known for a kind of quirky college rock that has included such well-known bands as r.e.m., drivin n cryin and the b-52's. == music institutions == the state's official music museum is the georgia music hall of fame, located in macon, georgia. colleges such as the university of georgia and columbus state university have extensive music departments. == folk music == georgia's folk musical traditions include important contributions to the piedmont blues, shape note singing and african american music. === african american folk music === the "ring shout" is an african american musical and dance tradition that is among the oldest surviving african american performance styles in north america. the ring shout tradition is rare in the modern southern united states, but it still found in mcintosh county, georgia, where black communities have kept the style alive. the mcintosh county ring shout is a counterclockwise ring dance featuring clapping and stick-beating percussion with call-and-response vocals. the ring shout tradition is strongest in boldon, georgia (also known as briar patch), where it is traditionally performed on new year's eve.new georgia encyclopedia: mcintosh county shouters the georgia sea island are an important group in modern african american folk music in georgia. they perform worldwide the gullah music of the georgia coast, and have been touring since the early 1900s; the folklorist and musicologist alan lomax discovered the singers on a 1959-60 collecting trip, and helped to bring their music to new audiences. the georgia sea island singers have included bessie jones, emma ramsey, john davis, maybel hillary and peter davis.new georgia encyclopedia: georgia sea island singers === shape-note === the sacred harp, first published in 1844, was compiled and produced by georgians benjamin franklin white and elisha j. king. the helped establish a singing tradition also known as sacred harp, fasola, or shape note singing. the sacred harp system use notes represented by different shapes according to scale degree, intended to make it easy for people to learn to sight-read music and perform complex pieces without a lot of training.new georgia encyclopedia: the sacred harp established in 1933,buell cobb, the sacred harp: a tradition and its music (athens: university of georgia press, 1989), 7. the sacred harp publishing company, located in carrollton, georgia, publishes the most widely used 1991 edition of the sacred harp."about the company," sacred harp publishing company, accessed april 29, 2014, http://originalsacredharp.com/about/. [
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