That said, much of the distinctiveness of Utah's musical traditions has derived from the interaction between individuals of multiple beliefs in the uniquely religious context of the state.
Its local music scene features some nationally recognized bands, mostly based in Provo and Salt Lake City.
Notable bands include Neon Trees, Fictionist, Imagine Dragons, The New Electric Sound, The Moth & the Flame, King Niko and The Brobecks.
Sky Saxon, frontman and founder to influential 1960's Garage Rock and Proto-Punk band The Seeds, was born and grew up in Salt Lake City.
Before finding international success with The Seeds, he recorded and released a string of Doo-Wop singles under the name "Little Richie Marsh" and founded Salt Lake bands "The Electra-Fires" and "The Soul Rockers".
They have received four diamond certified singles domestically to date and are widely regarded as one of the most popular contemporary rock artists in recent years.
Although often employing the same traditional tunes as folk music elsewhere, Mormon settlers sometimes altered lyrical themes in reference to their own lives and religious convictions.
Peter Breinholt, a Salt Lake City native, found success in the 1990s as a Singer-Songwriter following the self-release a series of tapes, largely by word of mouth.
Currently a music professor at Snow College, Breinholt has since released seven full lengths albums and performed with Jon Schmidt, Masa Fukuda, Steven Sharp Nelson, Paul Cardall and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Neofolk rock group Parlor Hawk were featured by iTunes Indie Spotlight as one of the "Best of 2010 Singer-Songwriter Albums" and earned an Independent Music Award for "Saddest Song" in 2012.
Ogden based folk singer-songwriter Sammy Brue signed to New West Records and released his debut album in 2017.
Salt Lake City deathcore band Chelsea Grin, is also a prominent name in the genre, having currently released four LPs and two EPs.
Successful in the sludge and doom metal genres, Salt Lake City is also home to bands Eagle Twin and Subrosa.
Some groups include Voice Male, Octappella, Rifftide, UVU's Voiceline, BYU's Vocal Point and Vocalocity.
Jenny Oaks Baker (Shadow Mountain Records) is a former National Symphony Orchestra violinist in Utah who received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2011.
Salt Lake City as well as the adjacent Provo have both fostered popular indie rock scenes, with notable artists including Neon Trees, Imagine Dragons, The Used, The Backseat Lovers, The Aces, Ritt Momney, Uzi and Ari, The Brobecks, Fictionist, Choir Boy, Mindy Gledhill, Meg and Dia, King Niko, Joshua James, Allred, and The New Electric Sound.