World music
World music is a genre. Defining acts include Shakira, Anggun, Leonard Cohen, George Harrison and Charles Aznavour, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. World music grew out of Ethio-soul, Jùjú and Mbalax. Its influence carried into ethnic pop, ethnic fusion, worldbeat, Farsi music and Babylone, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 8 connections around World music. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where World music came from and where it led.
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World music connections
World music grew out of Ethio-soul, Jùjú and Mbalax, went on to shape ethnic pop, ethnic fusion, worldbeat and Farsi music. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What influenced World music
Sounds and acts that shaped World music.
What World music shaped
Where the influence of World music travelled next.
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