Worldbeat is akin to world fusion and global fusion, each of which primarily manifest as a blend of non-Western music tradition and Western, popular music. These particular music genres can also reflect in a cross-blend of more than one "traditional" flavor, producing innovative, hybrid expressions of world music. As with most "world"-laden genre categories, worldbeat is not clearly defined as are the many classic world music subgenres, such as gamelan, or calypso. In general, the expanding family of ethnic music subgenres under the world music umbrella represents an intrinsically nebulous terminology, which depending on how one interprets a particular hybrid of world music, can be interchangeable to a significant degree. Worldbeat defines a hybrid of what can be listed under the generalized world music term, even though it features a prominent interbreeding with elements of Western, pop music.[2]
As an ethnically coloured genre, worldbeat is a part of the world music movement that is steadily influencing popular music in every corner of the globe. This is partially due to the advance of digital music production and the availability of high quality ethnic music samples to artists and producers in the recording arts. The globalization of texture and style between indigenous and modern music genres has rapidly expanded the scope of 21st century, popular music, and continues to reshape how the world defines the increasing number of genres conceived with world music elements.
Distinction relative to world music
Worldbeat, world fusion and global fusion are hybrid-genres that have evolved under the world music genre. Their most prominent feature is an obvious meld between pop and indigenous culture, which often causes them to be indistinguishable from one another.[2]
Contemporary genre hybrids with world music elements, naturally proliferate in proportion to the globalization of music culture. In music catalogs, hybrid genres are often only given the database choice of "world", thus the perception of what can define world music has evolved to include pop influences.[2]
There is disagreement whether all pop and traditional music hybrids exhibiting prominent ethno-influences, such as worldbeat, belong under the world music umbrella.[3]
Similar terminology
Music genre terms that contain "world" are commonly subject to a very ambiguous consumer definition, due to the confusing similarity and overlapping interpretation of these categories. The world music category is inherently diverse, and offers limitless possibility for application in hybrid form, especially in mainstream, market-driven music. Worldbeat as a small subgenre of popular music has a mounting consumer-perception as a hybrid subgenre of world music, to the chagrin of world music purists. In its context as a liberally termed subgenre under the world music umbrella, worldbeat is very similar to world fusion and global fusion. The distinctions that delineate these hybrid, "world" terms are slight, and in many ways they are still being defined.[2]
History
In the mid-1980s, eclectic musician Dan Del Santo hosted a "World Beat" show for the Austin, Texas radio station KUT that popularized the term.[4]: 13 [5] Mainstream artists were incorporating world music influences into their sound and popularizing the "world" term at the time, notably David Byrne, Peter Gabriel (who launched in 1982 the renowned and still running WOMAD Festival (World Of Music Art and Dance)) and Paul Simon.[1][2] Initially, the most prominent influences came from Africa,[6][7]Asia,[8]South America (especially Brazil),[9] the Middle East and Central America,[10] though now encompass an ever-widening range of ethnic diversity. It has remained a thriving subgenre of popular and world music, while continuing to influence new artists, especially those appearing on today's growing roster of indie record labels (artist examples cited in section 2 of this article). Some of worldbeat's most successfully integrated folk elements include bossa nova, reggae, Afrobeat, mbaqanga, qawwali, highlife, rai, raga, samba, flamenco and tango.[2]
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Worldbeat is a music genre that blends pop music or rock music with world music or traditional music 1 Worldbeat is similar to other cross pollination labels of contemporary and roots genres and which suggest a rhythmic harmonic or textural contrast between its modern and ethnic elements 2 WorldbeatStylistic originsWorld music rock pop traditional musicCultural originsMid 1980s United Kingdom and United States Contents 1 Definition 1 1 Distinction relative to world music 1 2 Similar terminology 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDefinition EditWorldbeat is akin to world fusion and global fusion each of which primarily manifest as a blend of non Western music tradition and Western popular music These particular music genres can also reflect in a cross blend of more than one traditional flavor producing innovative hybrid expressions of world music As with most world laden genre categories worldbeat is not clearly defined as are the many classic world music subgenres such as gamelan or calypso In general the expanding family of ethnic music subgenres under the world music umbrella represents an intrinsically nebulous terminology which depending on how one interprets a particular hybrid of world music can be interchangeable to a significant degree Worldbeat defines a hybrid of what can be listed under the generalized world music term even though it features a prominent interbreeding with elements of Western pop music 2 As an ethnically coloured genre worldbeat is a part of the world music movement that is steadily influencing popular music in every corner of the globe This is partially due to the advance of digital music production and the availability of high quality ethnic music samples to artists and producers in the recording arts The globalization of texture and style between indigenous and modern music genres has rapidly expanded the scope of 21st century popular music and continues to reshape how the world defines the increasing number of genres conceived with world music elements Distinction relative to world music Edit Worldbeat world fusion and global fusion are hybrid genres that have evolved under the world music genre Their most prominent feature is an obvious meld between pop and indigenous culture which often causes them to be indistinguishable from one another 2 Contemporary genre hybrids with world music elements naturally proliferate in proportion to the globalization of music culture In music catalogs hybrid genres are often only given the database choice of world thus the perception of what can define world music has evolved to include pop influences 2 There is disagreement whether all pop and traditional music hybrids exhibiting prominent ethno influences such as worldbeat belong under the world music umbrella 3 Similar terminology Edit Music genre terms that contain world are commonly subject to a very ambiguous consumer definition due to the confusing similarity and overlapping interpretation of these categories The world music category is inherently diverse and offers limitless possibility for application in hybrid form especially in mainstream market driven music Worldbeat as a small subgenre of popular music has a mounting consumer perception as a hybrid subgenre of world music to the chagrin of world music purists In its context as a liberally termed subgenre under the world music umbrella worldbeat is very similar to world fusion and global fusion The distinctions that delineate these hybrid world terms are slight and in many ways they are still being defined 2 History EditIn the mid 1980s eclectic musician Dan Del Santo hosted a World Beat show for the Austin Texas radio station KUT that popularized the term 4 13 5 Mainstream artists were incorporating world music influences into their sound and popularizing the world term at the time notably David Byrne Peter Gabriel who launched in 1982 the renowned and still running WOMAD Festival World Of Music Art and Dance and Paul Simon 1 2 Initially the most prominent influences came from Africa 6 7 Asia 8 South America especially Brazil 9 the Middle East and Central America 10 though now encompass an ever widening range of ethnic diversity It has remained a thriving subgenre of popular and world music while continuing to influence new artists especially those appearing on today s growing roster of indie record labels artist examples cited in section 2 of this article Some of worldbeat s most successfully integrated folk elements include bossa nova reggae Afrobeat mbaqanga qawwali highlife rai raga samba flamenco and tango 2 See also EditAmbient music New age music Folk music ExoticaReferences Edit a b Worldbeat Music Genre Overview Allmusic Retrieved July 21 2017 a b c d e f g Manuel Peter L Worldbeat University of Colorado Archived from the original on July 24 2019 Burns Stuart Ian April 16 2004 Origins of World Music BBC BBC Archived from the original on June 21 2011 Billboard July 5 1986 Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas www thsaonline org Retrieved 10 November 2020 The Powerful Influence of African Culture on Modern Music David Lyndon Huff Worldbeat Africa Amazon com David Lyndon Huff Worldbeat Asia Amazon com Worldbeat Brazil Jezzro amp Huff Internet Archive July 30 Baba Marimba World Beat Music Arizona Senior AcademyExternal links Edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Worldbeat amp oldid 1121776103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
