World Music

The term “World Music” has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown who coined it in the 1960s. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry, and it is generally used to classify any kind of foreign (i.e. non-Western) music. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Audio Letter

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Jan 20 Wednesday 20 January 2010
Junk Science return to the silver screen stage at Southpaw
Junk Science, Das Racist
Southpaw
Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
42.34417 -75.17083

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Mar 4 Thursday 4 March 2010
Zakir Hussain & The Masters of Percussion at Moore Theatre
Zakir Hussain
Moore Theatre
Seattle, United States
47.611671 -122.341524

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Mar 5 Friday 5 March 2010
Habib Koité & Bamada Madison Morgan…
Madison, Georgia, Atlanta, United States
33.74889 -84.38806

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Mar 7 Sunday 7 March 2010
Habib Koité & Bamada Clay Center for the…
Charleston, West Virginia, United States
38.348834 -81.629498

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Mar 10 Wednesday 10 March 2010
Habib Koité & Bamada The Barns at Wolf…
Vienna, VA, Washington DC VA, United States
38.933219 -77.266399

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Mar 11 Thursday 11 March 2010
Habib Koité & Bamada Gild Hall
Arden, Delawre, United States
39.80917 -75.48694

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