I agree. I hate classical music and to me, Bluegrass, R&B, Gospel and Country music are real music. The only way I want to hear a violin is when it is used as a fiddle. LOL Banjos and fiddles are REAL music to my country mountain ears!
They opera and classical type music is just “rich white people” music to me and I’m white. Hate it!
I love Sacred Harp music and I've participated in hymn sings since I was a kid. I also love bluegrass (and play bluegrass guitar, and sing it too).
But I love classical music as well. Some of it is hard to get to from where you are. Some of it, not so hard.
Try these and see if they don't speak to you:
Ralph Vaughn Williams, "Variations on Dives & Lazarus". You'll probably recognize the melody as the hymn tune "Kingsfold".
Frederick Delius, "Brigg Fair (an English rhapsody)". Give it til about 1:50 in, when the orchestra really gets going.
Hamilton Harty, "An Irish Symphony (Scherzo)"
Benjamin Britten, "Balulalow" (from "A Ceremony of Carols")
If you're seeing a theme here . . . all these works draw on the roots of 'mountainy' music, which was originally English, Scottish and Irish folk. "Dives & Lazarus", "Brigg Fair", and "Balulalow" are all well known folk songs (o.k., well known if you're a Francis James Child fan like I am) and Harty ran through a dozen Irish fiddle tunes in the Symphony (including "The girl I left behind me" and "The blackberry bush" in the Scherzo).
Give it a listen. It won't hurt much, you'll only waste a few minutes of your valuable time surfing FR . . . :-)