world music

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It was thanks in significant part to Cowell that we came to have the genre we call world music.

From Los Angeles Times

But he continued to record — trying contemporary pop songwriters, touching back down in folk and world music — while he pursued his many other artistic and political interests.

From New York Times

"Terry was a very important part of Coventry's music history, world music history possibly," he added.

From BBC

Joining in long-standing traditions in Seattle and around the world, Music at Epiphany presents two performances of George Frideric Handel’s famous oratorio, “Messiah,” under the direction of Zach Hemenway at 7:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times

Nyege Nyege rejected the mainstream, Western music industry’s presentation of “African music,” which tends to neatly divide into sleek modern pop or more traditional sounds relegated to the “world music” section.

From New York Times