Worldbeat

Worldbeat
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid-1980s, United Kingdom and United States

Worldbeat is a music genre that blends pop music or rock music with world music or traditional music.[1] Worldbeat is similar to other cross-pollination labels of contemporary and roots genres, and which suggest a rhythmic, harmonic or textural contrast and synthesis between its modern and ethnic elements.[2]

  1. ^ "Worldbeat Music Genre Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Manuel, Peter L. "Worldbeat". University of Colorado. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.