{
  "name": "Spoken Word",
  "description": "Usually unaccompanied vocal readings.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/spoken-word/",
  "sub_genres_count": 9,
  "sub_genres": [
    {
      "name": "Fairy Tales",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/fairy-tales/",
      "description": "Recorded for children with or without background music.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Folktales",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/folktales/",
      "description": "Traditional stories passed down throughout many generations.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Guided Meditation",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/guided-meditation/",
      "description": "Practice wherein an instructor guides the listener through the process of meditation throughout a session.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Interview",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/interview/",
      "description": "Recording of a specific person/s during a formal conversation arranged for historical archiving or media broadcast, often in a question and answer format in which the interviewee shares their views and personal anecdotes with the audience.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lectures",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/lectures/",
      "description": "Oral presentation with the intention to educate the audience on a specific topic.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Poetry",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/poetry/",
      "description": "Encompasses many forms of literature that use style and rhythm to evoke ideas and emotions further than the prosaic meaning of the literature itself.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Radio Drama",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/radio-drama/",
      "description": "Narrative storytelling performed by voice actors and produced for radio broadcasting or published on audio media such as tapes or CDs.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Speeches",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/speeches/",
      "description": "Rhetorical acts performed publicly wherein a speaker typically monologues around a particular topic.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stand-Up Comedy",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/stand-up-comedy/",
      "description": "Comedy where the performer speaks directly to their intended audience, with origins beginning in the late 19th century.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Spoken Word"
    }
  ]
}