World music

For other uses, see World Music (disambiguation).
World music
Cultural originsIndigenous music worldwide
Derivative formsFolktronica
Subgenres
Fusion genres
Regional scenes
World music (term)
EtymologyCoined early 1960s to describe non-European, non-North American music[1]

"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in Roots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there".[1][2]

Music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions"[3] was given the term "world music" by music industries in Europe and North America.[4] The term was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music.[5][6] It has grown to include subgenres such as ethnic fusion (Clannad, Ry Cooder, Enya, etc.)[7] and worldbeat.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b Chris Nickson. The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music. Grand Central Press, 2004. pp. 1-2.
  2. ^ Blumenfeld, Hugh (2000-06-14). "Folk Music 101: Part I: What Is Folk Music – Folk Music". The Ballad Tree. Archived from the original on 2002-06-27. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. ^ Discover music: "International" Archived 2020-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. RhythmOne. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  4. ^ Byrne, David (3 October 1999). "Crossing Music's Borders in Search of Identity; 'I Hate World Music'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ^ Erlmann, Veit (1996). "Aesthetics of the Global Imagination: Reflections on World Music in the 1990s". Public Culture. Vol. 8, no. 3. pp. 467–488.
  6. ^ Frith, Simon (2000). "The Discourse of World Music". In Born and Hesmondhalgh (ed.). Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. University of California Press.
  7. ^ "Ethnic fusion Music". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-04-29. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  8. ^ "Worldbeat". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  9. ^ "World Fusion Music". Worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.