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Although it primarily describes traditional music, the world music category also includes popular music from non-Western urban communities (e.g. South African "township" music) and non-European music forms that have been influenced by other so-called third-world musics (e.g. Afro-Cuban music).
- World Music
العربية; বাংলা; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Boarisch; Bosanski;...
- World music (term)
It includes many forms of music that Westerners consider...
- Music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination...
- World Music
Apr 22, 2019 · April 22, 2019. The founders of Sublime Frequencies see music as a series of ephemeral thrills. Illustration by Gaurab Thakali. In June, 1987, four men met at the Empress of Russia, a pub in...
- Hua Hsu
The term world music refers to the music of the world’s cultures. In the 1980s, world music was used to label non-English recordings released in Great Britain and the United States. This controversial category amalgamated the music of sources as diverse as Tuvan throat singers, Zimbabwean guitar bands, Pakistani qawwalī (Sufi-music) singers ...
- Charlie Gillett
- The use of the term world music dates to 1982–83, when British and American promoters, record companies, distributors, and stores, as well as journ...
- In 1991 the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences added a world music category to its Grammy Awards. Among the artists who benefited most...
Apr 16, 2024 · As the name implies, world music refers to music across all the countries of the world. It was first coined in the 1960s by an ethnomusicologist named Robert Brown at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Jan 15, 2019 · The term “world music” actually referred to music from across the world, separated into traditions that pertained to certain geographical boundaries. Thus, the term was meant to be inclusive—not distinguishing Western music from other trends, but putting it on the same stand as everything else.
