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TIL that American country, bluegrass and folk has significant influence from the Ulster Scots (or Scots-Irish) that migrated from what is now Northern Ireland to the Appalachian region. Their contribution to this genre is particularly evident in the use of the fiddle, banjo, and dulcimer.

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