Various - Very Best of Ragtime

The combination of a strong marching rhythm with a syncopated, offthe-beat melody is what makes ragtime unique; that sense of a'ragged' offbeat rhythm gives the genre it's name. It is dance music -as your brain sorts out the on-beats and the off, you can't help butmove your feet. Musical fashions come and go, but it looks as ifragtime is here to stay.