04-15-2024, 08:07 PM
""World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
Music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions" was given the term "world music" by music industries in Europe and North America. The term was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music. It has grown to include subgenres such as ethnic fusion (Clannad, Ry Cooder, Enya, etc.) and worldbeat."
This is a very broad classification of music, but to be safe I'd try to avoid western styles, as in North American and European modern genres (jazz, rock, pop, edm, etc), and folk music from those areas. Asian, African, Australian, and South American styles are probably more what the judges are looking for.
I'm not sure where Middle Eastern styles fit in, as they are often technically from Europe, but very different than northwest Europe.
Music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions" was given the term "world music" by music industries in Europe and North America. The term was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music. It has grown to include subgenres such as ethnic fusion (Clannad, Ry Cooder, Enya, etc.) and worldbeat."
This is a very broad classification of music, but to be safe I'd try to avoid western styles, as in North American and European modern genres (jazz, rock, pop, edm, etc), and folk music from those areas. Asian, African, Australian, and South American styles are probably more what the judges are looking for.
I'm not sure where Middle Eastern styles fit in, as they are often technically from Europe, but very different than northwest Europe.
