The term world music includes * Traditional music (sometimes called folk music or roots music) of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians or that are "closely informed or guided by indigenous music of the regions of their origin," including Western music (i.e. Celtic music). Most typically, the term world music has now replaced folk music as a shorthand description for the very broad range of recordings of traditional indigenous music and song from around the world. * Other non-Western music (including non-Western popular music and non-Western classical music) * The music of Hawaii, although it may be influenced by other cultures and other genres. World music does not include * Western popular music * Western Art music (i.e. European classical music) * Any post-ska genre of Jamaican music (i.e. reggae and its various subgenres) * Reggaeton (more)
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Crossover (music):
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres. If the second chart is a pop chart, such as a "Hot 100" list, the work is not a crossover since
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Global Rhythm:
Global Rhythm is a monthly music and lifestyle magazine featuring coverage of world music, film, cuisine and travel. Published monthly and circulated across North America, Europe and hundreds of other locations worldwide, New York-based Global Rhythm
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Ethnic electronica:
Ethnic electronica (also known as ethno electronica or ethno techno) combines elements of electronic and world music and was developed in the 1990s. The term ethnic electronica appears in music zines, in online music-related forums and blogs, and als
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Folk music:
Folk song can have a number of different meanings, including: * Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional
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Real World Records:
Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to help promote world music. The label which grew up alongside the success of the WOMAD festivals and Peter Gabriel's exploration of music from other cultures, and helped push worl
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Andy Kershaw:
Andy Kershaw (born November 9 1959 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster, known predominantly as a champion of world music. His shows feature a mix of country, blues, reggae, sounds from around Africa, folk music, Asian music and spoken w
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Cyro Baptista:
Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to the
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Luaka Bop:
Luaka Bop is a world music-oriented record label established by David Byrne, former guitarist/singer/songwriter of the art rock/new wave band Talking Heads. It is considered a semi-independent label, since it receives major-label distribution. The la
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Putumayo World Music:
Putumayo World Music is a New York City based record label, specialising in folk, Latin and Afro-Cuban music, as well as other genres that may be classified as world music. It was established in 1993. The label grew out of the Putumayo clothing compa
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Crammed Discs:
Crammed Discs is a Belgian independent record label specializing in world music, pop, and electronica. Based in Brussels, Belgium, Crammed was founded in 1980 by Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and has since released over 400 albums (including for exa
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Badal Roy:
Badal Roy (Bangla: বাদল রায়) (born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury in Comilla, eastern Bengal, British India, 1945) is a tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.
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Sikiru Adepoju:
Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist from Nigeria, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles.
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Hannibal Records:
Hannibal Records was a record label and one of the first to work with the World music genre. Hannibal was started by Joe Boyd in 1980. Boyd had produced records by artists such as Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention and rel
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New Earth Records:
New Earth Records is an independent record label focusing primarily on New Age Music and World Music. It was founded in 1990 in Munich, Germany, by European entrepreneurs Bhikkhu Schober and Waduda Paradiso under the auspices of the spiritual teacher
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Festival in the Desert:
The Festival in the Desert (Festival au Désert) is an annual concert in Essakane, Mali, showcasing traditional Tuareg music as well as music from around the world. The Tuareg band Tinariwen first garnered international attention with their performanc
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Baka Beyond:
Baka Beyond is a world music group formed in 1992 with members from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, fusing celtic and other western music styles with traditional Baka music from Cameroon.
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Robert E. Brown:
Robert E . "Bob" Brown (18 April 1927 - 29 November 2005) was an ethnomusicologist who is credited with coining the term "world music" . He was also well known for his recordings of music from Indonesia. Many of these recordings, among the first wide
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FloydFest:
"FloydFest' is a world music and arts festival held annually in Floyd County, Virginia, situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It began in 2002 and has received excellent reviews ever since, earning a name for itself in 2005 when it played host to wel
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UNESCO Collection:
UNESCO Collection is a world music record label, under the aegis of UNESCO. The full title of the series was: UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World. It has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music. Its recording activit
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Yaya Diallo:
Yaya Diallo (born 1946) is a Malian (Fienso, Koutiala Circle, Sikasso Region, French Sudan (now Mali)) drummer, author, and recording artist in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He specializes in the goblet-shaped hand drum cal
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Primary Music:
Primary Music is an Israeli independent record label, specializing in World Music, New Age, Lounge and ambient. Primary Music is located in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music:
The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music is an award sponsored by BBC Radio 3, and given to world music artists annually since 2002. The award was thought up by fRoots magazine's editor Ian Anderson, inspired by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Nominees ar
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Peter Gabriel:
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful sol
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World of Music, Arts and Dance:
World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) is a festival started in Shepton Mallet, England in 1982. The festival was pioneered by Peter Gabriel and various others including Stephen Pritchard, through their interest in sharing and celebrating world music
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Rough Guides:
Rough Guides Ltd is a guidebook and reference publisher, owned by Pearson PLC. Their travel titles cover more than 200 destinations, and are distributed worldwide through the Penguin Group. The series began with the 1982 Rough Guide to Greece, a book
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Songs from the Crystal Cave:
Songs from the Crystal Cave is a 2005 album by Steven Seagal, his first. Seagal is credited with "Lead Vocals, Rhythm and Lead Guitar" and appears on the cover and throughout the liner notes emotively playing and posing with a guitar. The style can b
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Dancing Turtle Records:
Dancing Turtle Records is a London-based independent record label set up in 2005, with the aim of releasing cutting edge music from emerging artists around the world. Their releases have a strong leaning towards the genres of folk, electronica, indie
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EarthSync:
EarthSync is a record label and audio-visual production company in Chennai, South India. As a world music record label, EarthSync works with "roots music through which cultures express themselves across time". The EarthSync CDs and DVDs feature tradi
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