World

“World” (or “World Music”) is a classification often used in music marketing to refer to music from outside of the traditional Anglophone world of the UK, USA and Australia. The term can thus encompass - at its broadest - everything from traditional African drumming and the extended qawwali singing of Pakistan’s Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan through to rock’n’roll from Italy or Brazil. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Angélique Kidjo

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Jul 11 Saturday 11 July 2009 Today
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Yoshi's Oakland Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Yoshi's Oakland Oakland, CA, San Francisco CA, United States 37.796006 -122.278245	1 person attending Add shout
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Yoshi's Oakland Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Yoshi's Oakland Oakland, CA, San Francisco CA, United States 37.796006 -122.278245	1 person attending Add shout
Jul 12 Sunday 12 July 2009 Tomorrow
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats	Central Park Schenectady, NY, United States 42.802133 -73.913195	1 person attending Add shout
Chicago Folk & Roots Festival at Chicago Folk & Roots Festival Watcha Clan	Chicago Folk &… Chicago, United States 41.963143 -87.686441	7 people attending Add shout
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Yoshi's Oakland Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Yoshi's Oakland Oakland, CA, San Francisco CA, United States 37.796006 -122.278245	Add shout
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Yoshi's Oakland Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Yoshi's Oakland Oakland, CA, San Francisco CA, United States 37.796006 -122.278245	1 person attending Add shout

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CovinS wrote:
Tuesday morning

lol @ people's responses to the tag. It's not the greatest tag, but it's no worse than generalizing all types of mainstream music as "pop". To people from other countries, it's world music, it's from another part of the world. They probably aren't going to make much effort to explore the 800 subgenres, and i wouldn't blame anyone for doing the same the opposite direction.

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Nisstyre56 wrote:
Sunday morning

Bullshit genre grouped together by xenophobic Americans. [2]

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imldu wrote:
last month

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mra018 wrote:
last month

very good

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Pearsica wrote:
May 2009

it would be a nice thing that we would ignore this tag :]

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shiniigami wrote:
May 2009

cool

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Adam_Sandler wrote:
May 2009

Good music because of dead can dance :) and more that i don't know :l

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RabidParrots wrote:
May 2009

Bullshit genre grouped together by xenophobic Americans.

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Boebis wrote:
May 2009

If you love French Music and want to discover more, check http://french-kisses.blogspot.com a blog with video, mp3 and lyrics translated in english ;-)

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FootToFace wrote:
May 2009

dead can dance??? fuck me...

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jinhamamura wrote:
April 2009

Those who tagged 'world' are CULTURAL IMPERIALIST BASTARDS!!!

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brajt wrote:
April 2009

Also there are many groups who would play at the "world scene" at festivals, but they are not so purely ethnic to play at the "ethnic scene". And the world music therm is just too catchy to stop using it.

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brajt wrote:
April 2009

There's nothing wrong with this tag. Here in Poland, polish groups playing or inspired by polish ethnic music are also called world (the same with folk). There are lots of great groups I know only because of this tag or by world music webzines.

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matej64 wrote:
April 2009

Yeah, that's pretty much it. I'm not sure why everyone doesn't just tag it ethnic.

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davocko wrote:
March 2009

Maybe - World == Etnic/Fusion music around the world -

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daniseg wrote:
March 2009

mani0k, maybe we should start seeing it as just music, all music...

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matej64 wrote:
March 2009

I'd complain about it too if I didn't find so many good artists using this tag. But I did and I love this tag.

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mani0k wrote:
March 2009

"world" ?!! that's like tagging "music".. [3]

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AlanSteward wrote:
March 2009

If you like World Fusion Music, I think you will enjoy Licensed to Chill by Alan Steward. The album just came out on Friday the 13th of March and we would like for you to give it a listen. Please stop by at Alan Steward and have a listen to tracks from Licensed to Chill. Please leave us a shout and let us know what you think.

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squigbobble wrote:
February 2009

World is a good genre - stop bashing it and start bashing the ignorant people tagging it the wrong way.

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