Rhythms of the World

by Francis Hanly (Author), Tim May (Author)

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.38

  In recent years world music - a convenient term that embraces everything from salsa to the blues - has moved out of the specialist music shops and into the megastores. Artists like Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour and the Gypsy Kings are now well-known to popular music-lovers in search of a change from the standard top-20 sound. The personalities, traditions and issues behind the explosion in world music are highlighted in this book. Among the writers are Robin Deneslow of the Guardian , who talks about blues stars like Robert Gray and Geoff Healey, David Toop of The Face , who offers a fresh perspective on world music with an analysis of the western preoccupation with exotica , Jenny Cathcart on West African music, Adam Sweeting on new country and Chris Stapleton, who provides a glossary of world music terms and a portrait of Paris as a European centre for African musicians.