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Where Did The Term “World Music” Come From (and Should We Still Use It)?
Image: Michael Tompsett
“World Music” is one giant dump of a genre. Anything that sounds foreign or speaks in a different language can be shrugged off as world music. You can also define world music by what it’s not; it’s not mainstream or popular music, or it’s not music that belongs to you. World music is always someone else’s tradition.
My favorite description of world music comes from a…
World Music Wednesday: Apanhador Só – “Mordido”
Welcome to the first installment of World Music Wednesdays in which every Wednesday I highlight a new world music artist that I’ve been listening to. And the band that’ll kick off this series is one that I’ve been listening to a lot lately, Brazilian experimental-rock group Apanhador Só.
Hometown: Porto Alegre, RS
Sounds Like: If Tom Yorke decided to work with Rid Of Me-era Steve Albini on a…
