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52-420: Although the festival now is an important draw for local tourism, and features some mainstream talent, the original and primary purpose of the festival is to preserve local culture; thus, highlights of the festival include many amateur, often elderly, local performers. Traditional lyrics and music highlighted by the festival were preserved in the 1968 book Songs of Miramichi and in several recordings, including

104-790: A "Planet". In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. In response to the BBC's decision to end its awards program, the British world music magazine Songlines launched the Songlines Music Awards in 2009 "to recognise outstanding talent in world music". The WOMEX Awards were introduced in 1999 to honor the high points of world music on an international level and to acknowledge musical excellence, social importance, commercial success, political impact and lifetime achievement. Every October at

156-922: A 1962 Folkways Records album produced by Louise Manny. Allan Kelly (23 September 1903 - 1 October 2008) was one of the most popular singers and ardent supporters of the Festival. One of his earliest performances, The Petit Moine , is recorded on the 1962 album. Raymond and Frank Estey, brothers from Sevogle N.B, sang each year. Afterward, the Esteys entertained the crowd by telling their famous ghost stories. Underhill, Doug (1999). "Miramichi Folksong Festival: A living museum" in Miramichi Tales - Tall & True . Saint John, NB. Neptune Publishing Company, pp. 76–85. 47°00′04″N 65°33′51″W  /  47.0011°N 65.5643°W  / 47.0011; -65.5643 This music festival-related article

208-529: A broad definition renders the term virtually meaningless. Examples of popular forms of world music include the various forms of non-European classical music (e.g. Chinese guzheng music, Indian raga music, Tibetan chants ), Eastern European folk music (e.g. the village music of the Balkans , The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices ), Nordic folk music , Latin music , Indonesian music , and

260-525: A category that often includes ambient music and textural expressions from indigenous roots sources. Good examples are Tibetan bowls , Tuvan throat singing , Gregorian chant or Native American flute music. World music blended with new-age music is a sound loosely classified as the hybrid genre 'ethnic fusion'. Examples of ethnic fusion are Nicholas Gunn 's "Face-to-Face" from Beyond Grand Canyon, featuring authentic Native American flute combined with synthesizers , and "Four Worlds" from The Music of

312-435: A fusion that influenced both parties. (Feld 31) With the quick demand for new music came the technicalities of ownership. As Feld states in page 31: "This complex traffic in sounds money and media is rooted in the nature of revitalization through appropriation." There are collaborations between African and American popular music artists that raise questions on who is benefiting from said collaborations.(Feld 31) Feld mentions

364-478: A hit, and Osibisa released "Sunshine Day" (1976). Fela Kuti created Afrobeat and Femi Kuti , Seun Kuti and Tony Allen followed Fela Kuti's funky music. Salsa musicians such as José Alberto "El Canario" , Ray Sepúlveda , Johnny Pacheco , Fania All-Stars , Ray Barretto , Rubén Blades , Gilberto Santa Rosa , Roberto Roena , Bobby Valentín , Eddie Palmieri , Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón developed Latin music . The 1979 American ensemble Libana

416-414: A meeting of interested parties gathered to capitalize on the marketing of non-Western folk music. Paul Simon had released the world music-influenced album Graceland in 1986. The concept behind the album had been to express his own sensibilities using the sounds he had fallen in love with while listening to artists from Southern Africa , including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Savuka . This project and

468-629: A number of radio series based on Folkways collections. "The Folkways Collection" and "Sounds to Grow On" are co-produced with CKUA radio; "Tapestry of the Times" was co-produced by WYPR radio; and "Sound Sessions" was produced by the Smithsonian and broadcast on WAMU radio. "Sounds to Grow On" is hosted by Michael Asch, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Alberta and the son of Moses Asch. World music " World music "

520-551: A pull-out leaflet containing extensive liner notes . The Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington, D.C. acquired Asch's Folkways recordings and business files after his death in 1986. This acquisition was initiated by Ralph Rinzler of the Smithsonian before Asch's death and completed by the Asch Family to ensure that the sounds and artists would be preserved for future generations. As

572-506: A result, it was agreed to continue Asch's policy that all of the 2,168 titles would stay in print indefinitely regardless of market sales. The Smithsonian Folkways website uses the internet to make the recordings available as streaming samples, DRM -free digital downloads in MP3 and lossless FLAC format, and on CDs via mail order. A complete set of the Folkways recordings was also donated to

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624-475: A similarly heritage to tap into. A cost-effective way of achieving all this would be a leafleting campaign. The next step was to develop a world music chart, gathering together selling information from around fifty shops, so that it would finally be possible to see which were big sellers in the genre—so new listeners could see what was particularly popular. It was agreed that the NME could again be involved in printing

676-413: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a Canadian festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This New Brunswick –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Folkways Records Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by

728-668: Is about. In Punjabi culture, music became the carrier of culture around the world. (Schreffler 355) World music radio programs today often play African hip hop or reggae artists, crossover Bhangra and Latin American jazz groups, etc. Common media for world music include public radio , webcasting , the BBC , NPR , and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . By default, non-region-specific or multi-cultural world music projects are often listed under

780-616: Is aided by the fact that there are many concerts and institutions that help to promote the music. Algerian and Moroccan music have an important presence in the French capital. Hundreds of thousands of Algerian and Moroccan immigrants have settled in Paris, bringing the sounds of Amazigh ( Berber ), raï , and Gnawa music . The West African music community is also very large, integrated by people from Senegal , Mali , Ivory Coast , and Guinea . Unlike musical styles from other regions of

832-540: Is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural , and traditional music . World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in Roots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there". Music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions"

884-467: Is heard; Peter Gabriel 's work with Pakistani Sufi singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ; the Deep Forest project, in which vocal loops from West Africa are blended with Western, contemporary rhythmic textures and harmony structure ; and the work of Mango , who combined pop and rock music with world elements. Depending on style and context, world music can sometimes share the new-age music genre,

936-620: Is listed in the catalog of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 's Library and Archives as the first rock star of the Middle East . Although it primarily describes traditional music, the world music category also includes popular music from non-Western urban communities (e.g. South African "township" music ) and non-European music forms that have been influenced by other so-called third-world musics (e.g. Afro-Cuban music ). The inspiration of Zimbabwe's Thomas Mapfumo in blending

988-429: Is more accurately termed world fusion jazz , ethnic jazz or non-Western jazz . World fusion and global fusion are nearly synonymous with the genre term worldbeat , and though these are considered subgenres of popular music , they may also imply universal expressions of the more general term world music . In the 1970s and 1980s, fusion in the jazz music genre implied a blending of jazz and rock music , which

1040-693: Is where the misleading assumption is rooted. Millie Small released " My Boy Lollipop " in 1964. Small's version was a hit, reaching number 2 both in the UK Singles Chart and in the US Billboard Hot 100 . In the 1960s, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela had popular hits in the USA. In 1969 Indian musician Ravi Shankar played sitar at the Woodstock festival . In the 1970s, Manu Dibango 's funky track " Soul Makossa " (1972) became

1092-541: The BBC World Service . The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3 . The award was thought up by fRoots magazine's editor Ian Anderson , inspired by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards . Award categories included: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Americas, Europe, Mid East and North Africa, Newcomer, Culture Crossing, Club Global, Album of

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1144-547: The Irish - West African meld of Afro Celt Sound System , the pan-cultural sound of AO Music and the jazz / Finnish folk music of Värttinä , each of which bear tinges of contemporary, Western influence—an increasingly noticeable element in the expansion genres of world music. Worldbeat and ethnic fusion can also blend specific indigenous sounds with more blatant elements of Western pop . Good examples are Paul Simon 's album Graceland , on which South African mbaqanga music

1196-508: The Mbira (finger Piano) style onto the electric guitar , saw a host of other Zimbabwean musicians refining the genre, none more successfully than The Bhundu Boys . The Bhundu Jit music hit Europe with some force in 1986, taking Andy Kershaw and John Peel fully under its spell. For many years, Paris has attracted numerous musicians from former colonies in West and North Africa . This scene

1248-603: The New Lost City Ramblers . The Anthology of American Folk Music appeared on Folkways, as did the accompanying album to The Country Blues by Samuel Charters . Folkways was one of the earliest companies to release albums of world music , including the Music of the World's Peoples collection edited by Henry Cowell . It also released many spoken word albums, and other unusual repertoire. The albums came with

1300-622: The Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways . The Folkways Records & Service Co. , and its music publishing subsidiary Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. , were founded by Moses Asch and Marian Distler in 1948 in New York City . Harold Courlander was editor of the Folkways Ethnic Library at the time and is credited with coming up with the name "Folkways" for

1352-543: The University of Alberta where Michael Asch, Moses Asch's son, was an anthropology professor. FolkwaysAlive , a joint initiative between the university and the Smithsonian founded in 2004 by Regula Qureshi and Michael Frishkopf, with support from VP Research Gary Kachanoski, is involved in digitization and archiving of the collection as well as maintaining a research center and sponsoring student research scholarships and an annual concert series. Since acquiring Folkways,

1404-621: The Balkans, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. Libana musicians use instruments such as guitars, hammered dulcimers , ouds , bağlamas , pan flutes , charangos , djembes , davuls , frame drums , double bass , clarinets , dumbeks , accordions , and naqarehs . They continue to be active as of 2024. The Breton musician Alan Stivell pioneered the connection between traditional folk music , modern rock music and world music with his 1972 album Renaissance of

1456-505: The Boys" by Panjabi MC featuring Jay Z. (Schreffler 354) Collaborations between outsider artists provided an integration of their music, even with foreign instrumentation, into the popular music scene. Immigration, being a great part of music exportation, plays a big role in cultural identity. Immigrant communities use music to feel as if they are home and future generations it plays the role of educating or giving insight into what their culture

1508-581: The Celtic Harp . Around the same time, Stivell's contemporary, Welsh singer-songwriter Meic Stevens popularised Welsh folk music. Neo-traditional Welsh language music featuring a fusion of modern instruments and traditional instruments such as the pibgorn and the Welsh harp has been further developed by Bob Delyn a'r Ebillion . Lebanese musical pioneer Lydia Canaan fused Middle-Eastern quarter notes and microtones with anglophone folk, and

1560-592: The Grand Canyon , featuring spoken word from Razor Saltboy of the Navajo Indian Nation . The subgenre world fusion is often mistakenly assumed to refer exclusively to a blending of Western jazz fusion elements with world music. Although such a hybrid expression falls easily into the world fusion category, the suffix "fusion" in the term world fusion should not be assumed to mean jazz fusion. Western jazz combined with strong elements of world music

1612-461: The Smithsonian has expanded Asch's collection by adding several other record labels, including Cook , Monitor , Fast Folk , Dyer-Bennet , and Paredon Records . They have released over 300 new recordings. Smithsonian Folkways states that their mission "is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document 'people's music.'" They "are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through

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1664-547: The WOMEX event, the award figurine—an ancient mother goddess statue dating back about 6000 years to the Neolithic age—is presented in an award ceremony to a worthy member of the world music community. Many festivals are identified as being "world music"; here's a small representative selection: Australia Bangladesh Belgium Canada Croatia France Germany Ghana (Free Electronic Dance Music Festival)

1716-619: The Year, and Audience Award. Initial lists of nominees in each category were selected annually by a panel of several thousand industry experts. Shortlisted nominees were voted on by a twelve-member jury, which selected the winners in every category except for the Audience Award category. These jury members were appointed and presided over by the BBC. The annual awards ceremony was held at the BBC Proms and winners were given an award called

1768-524: The chart and also Music Week and the London listings magazine City Limits . It was also suggested that Andy Kershaw might be persuaded to do a run down of this chart on his show regularly. In most wealthy industrialized countries, large amounts of immigration from other regions has been ongoing for many decades. This has introduced non-Western music to Western audiences not only as "exotic" imports, but also as local music played by fellow citizens. But

1820-414: The discipline. To enhance the learning process (John Hill), he invited more than a dozen visiting performers from Africa and Asia and began a world music concert series. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry . There are several conflicting definitions for world music. One is that it consists of "all the music in the world", though such

1872-428: The documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound", and that "musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world." By making these recordings available, they intend to "strengthen people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others." Smithsonian Folkways has produced or co-produced

1924-582: The example of "That was your mother". Alton Rubin and his band the Twisters collaborated with Paul Simon on the song that possessed a zydeco feel, signature of Dopsie's band. Even though Paul Simon wrote and sang the lyrics with them, the whole copyright is attributed to Paul and not to the band as well. (Feld 34) Because of crossovers like this one, where there was a disproportional gain when covering non-western music. Feld states that "...international music scene, where worldwide media contact, amalgamation of

1976-422: The general public have given rise to a related phenomenon called " crossover " music. Musicians from diverse cultures and locations could readily access recorded music from around the world, see and hear visiting musicians from other cultures and visit other countries to play their own music, creating a melting pot of stylistic influences. While communication technology allows greater access to obscure forms of music,

2028-518: The generic category of world music. Examples of radio shows that feature world music include The Culture Cafe on WWUH West Hartford , World of Music on Voice of America , Transpacific Sound Paradise on WFMU , The Planet on Australia's ABC Radio National , DJ Edu presenting D.N.A: DestiNation Africa on BBC Radio 1Xtra , Adil Ray on the BBC Asian Network , Andy Kershaw 's show on BBC Radio 3 and Charlie Gillett 's show on

2080-636: The globe, the American music industry tends to categorize Latin music as its own genre and defines it as any music from Spanish- and Portuguese- speaking countries. The most common name for this form of music is also "folk music", but is often called "contemporary folk music" or "folk revival music" to make the distinction. The transition was somewhat centered in the US and is also called the American folk music revival . Fusion genres such as folk rock and others also evolved within this phenomenon. On 29 June 1987,

2132-599: The ground up by young performers. For example, the Punjabi - Irish fusion band Delhi 2 Dublin is from neither India nor Ireland, but Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. Country for Syria, an Istanbul based music collective, blends American country music with the music of Syrian refugees and local Turkish music. Musicians and composers also work collectively to create original compositions for various combinations of western and non western instruments. The introduction of non-western music into western culture created

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2184-457: The label. Asch sought to record and document sounds and music from everywhere in the world. From 1948 until Asch's death in 1986, Folkways Records released 2,168 albums. In December 1950, Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. was acquired by Howard S. Richmond . In 1964, Asch helped MGM Records start Verve Folkways Records which evolved in 1967 into Verve Forecast Records . The Folkways catalog includes traditional and contemporary music from around

2236-498: The many forms of folk and tribal music of the Middle East , Africa , Asia , Oceania , Central and South America . The broad category of world music includes isolated forms of ethnic music from diverse geographical regions. These dissimilar strains of ethnic music are commonly categorized together by virtue of their indigenous roots. Over the 20th century, the invention of sound recording , low-cost international air travel, and common access to global communication among artists and

2288-408: The music industry towards world record sales domination by three enormous companies, and extensive copyright controls by a few Western countries are having a riveting effect on the commodification of musical skill and styles, and on the power of musical ownership." (Feld 32) Immigration also heavily influences world music, providing a variety of options for the wider public. In the 1970s Punjabi music

2340-460: The other releases on offer. By the time of a second meeting it became clear that a successful campaign required its own dedicated press officer. The press officer would be able to juggle various deadlines and sell the music as a concept—not just to national stations, but also regional DJs keen to expand their musical variety. DJs were a key resource as it was important to make "world music" important to people outside London—most regions after all had

2392-595: The pressures of commercialization also present the risk of increasing musical homogeneity, the blurring of regional identities, and the gradual extinction of traditional local music-making practices. Since the music industry established this term, the fuller scope of what an average music consumer defines as "world" music in today's market has grown to include various blends of ethnic music tradition, style and interpretation, and derivative world music genres have been coined to represent these hybrids, such as ethnic fusion and worldbeat . Good examples of hybrid, world fusion are

2444-663: The process is ongoing and continues to produce new forms. In the 2010s several musicians from immigrant communities in the West rose to global popularity, such as Haitian-American Wyclef Jean , Somali-Canadian K'naan , Tamil -Briton M.I.A. , often blending the music of their heritage with hip-hop or pop. Cuban-born singer-songwriter Addys Mercedes started her international career from Germany mixing traditional elements of Son with pop. Once, an established Western artist might collaborate with an established African artist to produce an album or two. Now, new bands and new genres are built from

2496-412: The work of Peter Gabriel and Johnny Clegg among others had, to some degree, introduced non-Western music to a wider audience. They saw this as an opportunity. In an unprecedented move, all of the world music labels coordinated together and developed a compilation cassette for the cover of the music magazine NME . The overall running time was 90 minutes, each package containing a mini-catalog showing

2548-435: The world as well as poetry, spoken word, language instruction, and field recordings of people and nature. Folkways was an early supporter of Woody Guthrie , Pete Seeger , and Lead Belly , who formed the center of the American folk music revival . Folkways influenced a generation of folk singers by releasing old-time music from the 1920s and 1930s, such as Dock Boggs , Clarence Ashley , and contemporary performers like

2600-633: 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 . The term "world music" has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown , who coined it in the early 1960s at Wesleyan University in Connecticut , where he developed undergraduate through doctoral programs in

2652-540: Was greatly popular in the UK because of its growing Punjabi diaspora. (Schreffler 347) Bhangra music was also greatly covered by its diaspora in cities like New York and Chicago . (Schreffler 351) For a more mainstream integration, the Punjabi music scene integrated collaborations with rappers and started gaining more recognition. One of these successful attempts was a remix of the song "Mundiān ton Bach ke" called "Beware of

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2704-531: Was incorporated by founder Susan Robbins, specifically to represent world folk traditions through chants, dance, storytelling, and musical performance. Initially consisting of 25 women, it honed down to 6 "core" members who able to travel the world, all of whom toured in America, Canada, Bulgaria, India, Greece, and Morrocco. Libana has performed music of divergent cultural expressions, of the Mediterranean,

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