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Meanings of world music in English

Russian
этно
Portuguese
música do mundo
Spanish
música del mundo
Catalan
músiques del món

Music which developed from regional cultural traditions and that is or was predominantly played and produced in these regions.

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Usage of world music in English
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The result: a brilliantly realized concept and a stirring world music album.
Reuters
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However WOMAD founder and world music innovator Peter Gabriel won't be attending.
The Irish Times
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What: The name gives the basics: a world music & arts festival.
Wired
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Amjad Ali Khan is one of the undisputed masters of world music.
Radio NZ
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Irish traditional music is now a world music, like Salsa or Reggae.
The Irish Times
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What they call world music on the BBC is full of that.
The Guardian
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The term ' world music' has always carried a patronising post-colonial stench to it.
The South African
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The festival programme includes world music and dance workshops for all age groups.
The Irish Times
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Invaders of the Heart brought world music to the pop charts.
The Guardian
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Are you heading to Charlton Park this weekend for the world music festival?
The Guardian
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He thinks of world music as connecting him to his cousins.
Reuters
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In March he'll be playing Adelaide's prestigious world music and dance festival Womadelaide.
The Guardian
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He gives us his verdict on day one of the world music festival.
Radio NZ
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He gives us his impressions of day two at the world music festival.
Radio NZ
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Out of that study has come a map of world music.
100 New Yorkers of the 1970s
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But later he just went bloody silly and invented world music.
The Guardian