thanks for putting into words what i have always felt was so weird about this genre ..if anyone should claim to be the first to make 'world music', i think it would be those cultures who originated the music themselves, not the usa/euro artists who incorporated it into their music...
fre >>Exactly. The phrase "world music" is meaningless ... it's an ethnocentric marketing designation connoting music from everywhere else on Earth other than the dominant USA/Euro culture<< ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
