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1	'''World Music''' is an umbrella term for traditional music from different parts of the nonwestern world. It usually refers to music derived from the folk traditions of many nations across the planet, played on traditional instruments. Some people only see non-Western music from Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Indigenous cultures of the Americas and Oceania fit this category, but the term is also used to describe traditional folk, blues and country music in North America, Europe and Australia.
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3	It began as a way to market the musicians from Africa and other non-Western regions to a Western audience, following the idea of a few DJ's from London. While it helped to give exposure to non-Western music, it came with its own UnfortunateImplications, as the term ends up pigeonholing so many unrelated and ''vastly'' different music styles. In practice, being pigeonholed as "world musicians" brings less exposure to those artists just because of the country they were born in and the language they sing in. Or as Music/DavidByrne says, "It's a none too subtle way of reasserting the hegemony of western pop culture. It ghettoises most of the world's music. A bold and audacious move, White Man!" The term "world music" itself also begs the question, "So, is Western music made by LittleGreenMen not from this world?"
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5	It encompasses Nordic and Eastern European FolkMusic, CountryMusic, {{Blues}}, {{Bluegrass}} CountryMusic, {{Zydeco}}, {{Afrobeat}}, AfricanChant, Samba, BossaNova, {{Reggae}}, {{Ska}}, AndeanMusic, Indian raga music, Native American music, Tuvan throat singing, Raï,... As probably the oldest "music genre" in existence by the broadest definition, world music has remained popular over the centuries. The term really started to become its own "genre" from the 1950s on, when many musicians from different continents started releasing albums and touring in the West, increasing their notability. The arrival of TV also brought more people in contact with music from different parts of the world. As ClassicalMusic, {{Jazz}}, {{Folk Rock}} and {{Rock}} musicians started to incorporate world music influences in their own work more people got interested in the exotic, mysterious and wonderful sounds. Compared to the bland shallowness of mainstream pop, world music has an authentic originality to it, InHarmonyWithNature and often makes the listener dream of visiting that other world.
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7	!! Musicians often categorized as world music.
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9	[[index]]
10	* King Sunny Adé: Nigerian musician and guitarist.
11	* Music/AlamaailmanVasarat: Finnish folk music band who mix klezmer, black metal and jazz in their work.
12	* Valya Balkanska: Bulgarian traditional singer who actually managed to get one of her songs put on the Voyager Golden Record, sent into space in 1977.
13	* Creator/HarryBelafonte: Jamaican-American singer, composer, ACLU ambassador and civil rights activist; well known for popularizing calypso music like "The Bananaboat Song (Day-O)".
14	* The Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub: Cuban band who became famous in the rest of the world after American musician Ry Cooder recorded an album with them.
15	** 1997 - ''Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub''
16	* Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bushan Kabra and Shivkumar Sharma's record "Call of the Valley" (1967), is still the best-selling Hindustani classical music album.
17	* The Chieftains: Irish band who play traditional folk music.
18	* Music/HeatherDale: Celtic music performer
19	* Music/DanielKahnAndThePaintedBird: a Klezmer group based in Germany
20	* Music/{{Ergyron}}: Music ensemble from the Northern Eastern part of Russia.
21	* Cesária Évora: Cape Verdean singer, known as the "Queen" of Morna music.
22	* Gipsy Kings: A group of French-born ''gitanos'' (Spanish UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}), performing in Spanish with some southern French dialects mixed in, who brought ''rumba flamenca'', a pop-oriented form of flamenco music, to a worldwide audience. Most notable for their 1988 song "Bamboléo".
23	* Music/OfraHaza: Israeli pop artist of Yemeni Jewish descent, incorporating traditional melodies into her music.
24	* Music/GregoryAlanIsakov: South African folk artist.
25	* Mory Kanté: Best known for his 1988 hit "Yeké Yeké".
26	* Salif Keita: Malinese singer.
27	* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Pakistani singer who became famous thanks to his hypnotic and very long Sufi devotional ''qawwali'' songs.
28	* Angélique Kidjo: Singer from Benin who emigrated to France and combines music from Africa with other influences from abroad.
29	* Music/LosKjarkas: AndeanMusic band from Bolivia.
30	* Umm Kulthum: The 'Voice of Egypt', iconic Egyptian singer whose work is not only famous all across the Middle East, but also became famous in the rest of the world. She's influenced everyone from Bob Dylan to Maria Callas.
31	* Music/FelaKuti: Nigerian musician, founder of the {{Afrobeat}} genre.
32	* Femi Kuti: Son of Fela Kuti, who also incorporates {{Afrobeat}} in his music.
33	* Solomon Linda: South African singer, best known for the song "Mbube", which was covered by countless other artists as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" without him every seeing a dime of it.
34	* Madredeus: Portuguese folk group.
35	* Miriam Makeba: South African singer, best known for her hit "Pata Pata".
36	* The Master Musicians of Jajouka
37	** 1971 - ''Music/BrianJonesPresentsThePipesOfPanAtJajouka''
38	* Carmen Miranda: Portuguese singer (although more associated with Brazil, where she grew up and became a superstar), best remembered for her tutti frutti hat.
39	* Youssou N'Dour: Senegalese singer who became a one hit wonder in the West thanks his duet with Neneh Cherry: "Seven Seconds".
40	* Music/{{Namgar}}: Russian folk band who combine Buryat-Mongolian folk music in their sound.
41	* Music/BabatundeOlatunji
42	** 1959 - ''Music/DrumsOfPassion''
43	* Music/NataliaOShea: Russian folk musician.
44	* Music/{{Osibisa}}: A band formed by expat [[UsefulNotes/{{Ghana}} Ghanaians]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Nigeria}} Nigerians]] in London in 1966, who married West African traditional music to European rock/jazz and West Indian reggae.
45	* Music/TitoPuente
46	** 1958 - ''Music/DanceManiaVol1''
47	* Amália Rodrigues: Portuguese singer, known as the "Queen of Fado".
48	* Music/RaviShankar: ''The'' most famous sitar player in the world. Brought traditional Indian music to the mainstream. Gave a four-hour show at the Film/MontereyPop festival.
49	* 1994 - Yma Sumac: Peruvian singer with a four-octave range, an incredibly unique voice, whose music dwelt on traditional Inca culture.
50	* Ali Farka Touré: Malinean guitarist and singer, who became prominent in the rest of the world after his collaboration with Ry Cooder: "Talking Timbuktu".
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53	!! Examples of otherwise more mainstream musicians (classical music, pop, rock, metal,...) incorporating world music influences in their work.
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55	* Music/AfroCeltSoundSystem: British band who mixed Irish and West African music with modern electronic dance.
56	* Music/AlexanderJamesAdams: Celtic musician who also considers himself a World musician.
57	* Music/BelaBartok: Collected Eastern European, Northern African, Chinese and Balinese music and referenced these traditional sounds in his own music by keeping the raw pure primitive sound intact.
58	* Music/TheBeatles: On ''Music/RubberSoul'', ''Music/{{Revolver\|Beatles Album}}'' and ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' the tracks "Norwegian Wood", "Love You To" and "Within You Without You" have Music/GeorgeHarrison play a sitar.
59	* The Paul Butterfield Blues Band has a 13 minute instrumental titled "East-West" (1966), incorporating Indian influences.
60	* Music/TheByrds: Their singles "Eight Miles High" and "Why" have Indian influences.
61	* Music/DavidByrne: Famous collector of world music, who also uses the influences in his own work. The influence started while he was still with Music/TalkingHeads (see below), but continued in his solo career.
62	** 1981 - ''Music/MyLifeInTheBushOfGhosts'' (with Music/BrianEno)
63	** 1989 - ''Music/ReiMomo''
64	** 1992 - ''[[Music/UhOhDavidByrneAlbum Uh-Oh]]''
65	** 1994 - ''Music/{{David Byrne\|Album}}''
66	** 1997 - ''Music/{{Feelings}}''
67	** 2001 - ''Music/LookIntoTheEyeball''
68	** 2004 - ''Music/GrownBackwards''
69	** 2008 - ''Music/EverythingThatHappensWillHappenToday'' (with Brian Eno)
70	** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/StVincent)
71	** 2018 - ''Music/AmericanUtopia''
72	* Music/JohnColtrane: Was very much inspired by Arabian and Indian folk music later in his career and used these sounds in his own work.
73	* Music/{{Cornershop}}: Multi-racial British indie rock band who assimilated Asian instruments such as the sitar and dholki in their music, including the hit song "Brimful of Asha".
74	* Ry Cooder: Collaborates a lot with traditional musicians from across the world, like Ali Farka Touré and the Buena Vista Social Club.
75	* Music/CrowdedHouse: On their album ''Music/TogetherAlone'' they make use of traditional Maori music.
76	* Holger Czukay: Former member of the German rock band Music/{{Can}} who already started incorporating world music sounds while in the band, but even went more into this as a solo artist. He was also one of the first sampling artists, incorporating tapes of shortwave radio broadcasts as an 'instrument'.
77	* Music/DeadCanDance: British-Australian band who incorporate traditional folk music in their AvantGardeMusic sound.
78	* Music/JohnFahey: American guitarist who evolved from traditional folk and blues to incorporate Portuguese, Indonesian, Tibetan and Brazilian influences along with weird sound effects and New Age experimentation.
79	* Music/PeterGabriel: Began exploring this on his self-titled third album (1980). His most popular album ''Music/{{So}}'' (1986) is one of the best-known examples of world music fusions.
80	** 1980 - ''Music/{{Melt}}''
81	** 1982 - ''Music/{{Security}}''
82	** 1986 - ''Music/{{So}}''
83	** 1989 - ''Music/{{Passion}}'' (a soundtrack album consisting of elements of Middle Eastern and African music)
84	** 1992 - ''Music/{{Us}}''
85	** 2002 - ''Music/{{Up\|PeterGabrielAlbum}}''
86	* Music/GeorgeHarrison: He is well known for experimenting with traditional Indian music; some of it is entirely artistic, but a good chunk of it is devotional Hindu music. Apart from the Beatles songs mentioned above his first solo album ''Music/WonderWallMusic'' is predominantly instrumental Indian music.
87	** 1968 - ''Music/WonderWallMusic''
88	** 1971 - ''Music/TheConcertForBangladesh''
89	** 1971 - ''The Radha Krishna Temple'', produced by Harrison; devotional chants by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and re-issued as ''Goddess of Fortune'', later as ''Chant And Be Happy''. This album, particularly the upbeat "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna" mantra, soaked into public consciousness not only because it was produced by a Beatle, but because for a few years it was ''ubiquitous'' on underground, college and community radio stations, and in hippie shops and bookstores.
90	* Music/LosJaivas: Chilean progressive rock band, known for mixing bossa nova and other traditional South American music in their work.
91	* Music/BrianJones recorded an album with the Moroccan folk band The Master Musicians of Jojouka, ''Music/BrianJonesPresentsThePipesOfPanAtJajouka'' (1971), which was released after his death. Though since he doesn't actually appear on the record and only added phasing and production it would be better to call it a Master Musicians of Jojouka record first and foremost.
92	* Music/TheKinks: "See My Friends" (1965) and "Fancy", from the 1966 album ''Face to Face'', is one of the first Western rock songs to add Indian themes and instrumentation.
93	* Music/{{Korpiklaani}}: Finnish metal band who started off as a folk band.
94	* Malcolm [=McLaren=]: The former [[/index]]Music/SexPistols[[index]] manager had since released albums which incorporated world music.
95	** 1983 - ''Music/DuckRock''
96	* Music/JohnMcLaughlin: His band Shakti mixed jazz with Indian maga music.
97	* Music/FreddieMercury: The track "La Japonaise" on ''Music/{{Barcelona}}'' (1988) is arranged with Japanese traditional instruments.
98	* Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}: Their song "Paint It, Black", from ''Music/AftermathAlbum'' (1966) and the song "Gomper" features Music/BrianJones on sitar. "Continental Drift" from ''Music/SteelWheels'' (1989) was recorded with the Moroccan folk band The Master Musicians of Jojouka and has a distinctive Arabic sound to it.
99	* Chico Science: A musician from Pernambuco, in Northeastern Brazil, who is commonly identified as one of the frontrunners of the "Manguebeat" movement, which mixes traditional Northeastern and African-Brazilian rhythms with AlternativeRock and Reggae. Died prematurely in 1996, but his backing band, Nação Zumbi[[note]]the name has nothing to do with [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies]], by the way; it's a reference to Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of a community for escaped African slaves like himself, in the 17th century[[/note]], continues to this day.
100	* Music/{{Sepultura}}: Their album ''Music/{{Roots}}'' (1996) incorporates traditional Brazilian music in their sound, although they have been flirting with this mixture as far back as ''Arise'', in 1991.
101	* Music/AkikoShikata: Many of her albums have elements of musical styles from the Middle East or traditional African music. She also has two albums that are primarily Japanese folk music influenced.
102	* Music/PaulSimon: His album ''Music/{{Graceland}}'' (1986) is influenced by traditional South African folk music.
103	* Music/SimonAndGarfunkel: "El Condor Pasa" on ''Music/BridgeOverTroubledWater'' (1970) has a Peruvian atmosphere to it.
104	* Music/PattiSmith: The song "Ghost Dance" on her album ''Music/{{Easter}}'' uses traditional indigenous drums and cedar flute. David Huckfelt covered the song with Keith Secola (Ojibwe) and Quiltman (Lakotah) for his ''Room Enough, Time Enough'' album, itself a response to the police murder of George Floyd.
105	* Music/{{Sting}}: His song "Desert Rose", from the 1999 album ''Brand New Day'', has a very strong Arabic sound. Algerian raï singer Cheb Mami is credited as a featured artist; he wrote and performed the song's Arabic lyrics, and his voice is the first and last heard.
106	* Music/TalkingHeads: Began exploring this with ''Remain In Light'' onwards:
107	** 1980 - ''Music/RemainInLight''
108	*** 1981 - "Music/OnceInALifetime"
109	** 1983 - ''Music/SpeakingInTongues''
110	** 1985 - ''Music/LittleCreatures''
111	** 1986 - ''Music/TrueStories''
112	** 1988 - ''Music/{{Naked}}''
113	* Music/SJTucker: A filk artist who incorporates world music into her works.
114	* Music/{{Xera}}: Spanish band who mix Andalusian folk with techno.
115	* Music/TheYardbirds: The track "White Summer" on ''Music/LittleGames'' has an Eastern music sound, exemplified by an oboe and an Indian-percussion tabla. During "Glimpses" a sitar plays.
116	* Music/JohnZorn: Cult musician who is so eclectical that he mixed almost every possible genre in existence in his music. One of the more famous works he made was "Masada", where Jewish klezmer music was mixed with rock and jazz.
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