Music of the World
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Music of the World was a World music
record label active during the 1990s. Nomad-World Jazz and Latitudes were imprint labels.
Albums released on the label are available to purchase through the New York City organization World Music Institute .
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
record label active during the 1990s. Nomad-World Jazz and Latitudes were imprint labels.
Albums released on the label are available to purchase through the New York City organization World Music Institute .
Artists
- BeauSoleilBeausoleilBeauSoleil is an American musical group specializing in Cajun music. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, the group members are brothers Michael Doucet and David Doucet , Jimmy Breaux , Billy Ware , Tommy Alesi , and Mitchell Reed .-Band history:Founded in 1975, BeauSoleil BeauSoleil (French, beautiful...
- Dumisani MaraireDumisani MaraireAbraham Dumisani Maraire , known to friends as "Dumi," was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba...
- Ephat MujuruEphat MujuruEphat Mujuru , a Zimbabwean musician, was one of the 20th century's finest players of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe.-Biography:...
- Bikram Ghosh
- Trichy SankaranTrichy SankaranTrichy Sankaran is an Indian percussionist, composer, scholar, and educator. He is acknowledged as one of the foremost virtuosos of the mridangam and also plays the kanjira on occasion. Since the early 1970s, he has performed and recorded in a number of cross-cultural projects.Sankaran has lived...
- Jalal ZolfonunJalal ZolfonunJalal Zolfonun is a master of the setar, as well a composer and teacher of Persian music.-Biography:...
- Steve GornSteve GornSteve Gorn is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player.Gorn has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world...
- Tarun BhattacharyaTarun BhattacharyaPandit Tarun Bhattacharya is an Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer. He has studied with Ravi Shankar and played with other Indian classical musicians such as Ronu Majumdar and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.-Career:...
- Dagar Brothers
- Glen VelezGlen VelezGlen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....
- Mike RichmondMike Richmond (musician)Mike Richmond is an American jazz bassist.Richmond played guitar as a youth but picked up bass during high school. He attended Temple University and taught and played locally in the late 1960s...
- Badal RoyBadal RoyBadal Roy is a tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.-Biography:...
- Hassan HakmounHassan HakmounHassan Hakmoun is a Los Angeles-based Moroccan Gnawa musician.-Early life:Hakmoun was born to a family of musicians who introduced him to the musical world of the Gnawa. By age four, he performed alongside snake charmers and fire-breathers on Marrakech streets. His mother is known throughout the...
- I.K. Dairo
- L. ShankarL. ShankarLakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...
- Necdet YaşarNecdet YasarNecdet Yaşar or Necdet Yasar in the West , is a Turkish tanbur lute player and teacher. A founding member of the Istanbul State Turkish Music Ensemble, he performed throughout the world as a cultural ambassador for Turkey and taught twice at the University of Washington...
- James MakubuyaJames MakubuyaJames K. Makubuya is a Ugandan-born ethnomusicologist, instrumentalist, singer, dancer, and choreographer...
- Imrat KhanImrat KhanImrat Khan is a leading sitar and surbahar player. He is the younger brother of sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan.-Training and early career:...