Was just wondering
 

How many of you hear world music? Are you familiar with albums and musicians outside your country? Does anyone here know for example the Balkan Beat Box?

No idea who Balkan Beat Box is but I'm in love with Ayouduo and Soinam Wangmo.

I kind of hate the term "world music" but I do listen to a decent amount of music that would fit into the category you're talking about, including Balkan Beat Box.

I listen to it a fairly regularly. Mostly African fusion and Cuban mix.

Have discovered a few mainstream African artists like Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté too.

I used to listen to a lot of Japanese music. Most of it sucked but you could find some pretty interesting sounding music. Gothic Rock bands come to mind. A lot of it had musicians who wore transgender costumes could pull it off since Japanese men had femanine features. A lot of them just wore Transylvania comical costumes though.

Like Janszoon said, I'm not really a fan of the term "world" music either. Ever since I started using internet forums, I started to realize- oh yeah, there are people who live in other countries whose "rest of the world" includes Canada. I'm a big fan of music that was made in other countries, but I'm not very knowledgeable about it. A fact which I hope will change in the near future (I should probably join the FAIR club.)

Right now I'm into Incan music. To me, a North American, it sounds so exotic and mesmerizing, especially with all the woodwinds that I'm not really accustomed to. Faeroese traditional music is also fascinating to me, because it tends to be very dark and 'atmospheric' like the landscape and wet, dreary weather they experience there.

Some friends of mine are really into Japanese culture- their rock, pop, and traditional music included. For me, it's hit or miss, but Japan definitely makes some quality music.

I am a World Music listener. Afterall, my name comes from two great world artists (FRANCO and PEPE KALLE).

I also dig some great Cuban music and other latin music.

So you got me. Franco and Pepe Kalle are great genius.

I have to agree with Janszoon and Geekoid. World music is way too vast concept, especially when you're living in a small country like me and basically 90 % of music I listen to is "world music". Anyway, I dunno Balkan Beat Box (except now that I did little googleing... or is it "googling"? hmmm..."googlettaa" in Finnish...right, on with the show...though one thing: I'm very disappointed that Balkan Beat Box is not from Balkan) but I do listen to music that's "non-western music" which in this case I think is closest to "world music". Long and pointless enough reply? Good!

haha. mervi, you don't give yourself enough credit! How could a reply be pointless if you so appropriately bring up the concept of "Non-Western" music? That's the idea I was trying to call to mind, but it wouldn't come to me. I was going to say that Asian and African music is often hard for me to get into because it's so different, but that sounded wrong, and maybe even a little ignorant/ offensive.

I like some Cuban Rumba Music. They are so beautiful.

Here a few I have found out

Thanks! ;) It's a case of severe Finn syndrome: we tend to underestimate ourselves and apologize for our existence a lot. Sorry for that! And sorry for that sorry... damn, I'm just very very sorry for all of this! I'll go behind that couch to weep by myself now. :shycouch:

:laughing:

Why should that be considered ignorant/offensive? I can't get into every type of music produce in America why should that be ignorant/offensive to Americans?

Yeah, you're right.
It just puts me off a little when people dismiss "world" music as weird just because they won't bother to take the time to understand it. I used to, and it took me far too long to realize what I was missing by being closed minded. That attitude just seems ignorant to me.

Well guys, if you desire some good cuban music, I got some that I have luckily found from a hispanic friend. This song is unique. Carlos Puebla. He made a great song that I love to sing myself.

ENJOY

So what are your favourite Franco tunes? Do you recommend any particular albums?

I am not sure if I can say albums but I do got songs I recommend of Franco

Here they are







I did five because four of the songs from Franco are above 10 minutes but all of them in my view are classic songs.

Thanks, they weren't bad. Will have to listen to some albums.

The major problem is that with Franco, there are so many messup with Franco's songs. Franco is a Congolese music and unfortuantely he lived at the time where CDs were not that common. Franco died in 1989. After that during the early 1990s, then CDs became acceptable. Franco's songs have been mixed together. Sometimes you get a 1970s song from Franco but you may also have a 1980s song on the next album of Franco.

A good example of mixups of this is Franco's 3rd anniversary Death of GRAND MAITRE YORGHO
http://ntwiga.net/linked_to/images/f...res_impoli.jpg
Tres Impoli
Kadima
Non
Friens A Main
Ayant Droit
Heritier

Blue= 1984 Lp MAMOU
Green= Lp "FRANCO MEMORIALIAM"
Red= 1983 Lp CHEZ FABRICE
Purple= 1980 Lp EN COLORE VOL. 3

See these six songs don't come from the same works but 4 different sets. That is why there is not really a Franco album that is a proper album but album combined with random songs together.

Thanks. I see the problem. Guess I'll have to settle for a good compilation.

I voted "sometimes" but I think its even more than that. I listen to a lot of Canadian bands like Faber Drive. I listen to German bands like Donots, The Grandtry, Smile & Burn, and Helloween. I listen to Italian bands like Lacuna Coil. I listen to Norwegian bands like Taake and Korpiklaani. I even listen to DJ's from the Netherlands and other Euro countries. So yeah I do listen to a lot of bands and DJ's from other countries.
And those are only the ones I can remember right now.

Are UK and Irish bands "World Bands"? I listen to a ton of bands from those countries too.
Dunno. Maybe I listen to more "World Bands" than US bands, lol!

Not that it matters, but Korpiklaani is from Finland :p

1970s was the best time for African music. I mean Nigerian, Ghana, Tanzanian, Congolese, Kenyan, and Cameroon really had a good time for advance of the great music. I mean diversity was so high. Also don't forget we had so much styles that made African music so on top.

Let me show you some

^^^
Very nice! I really appreciated those. I think I might like 70's African Jazz more than the American output from the same time.

I understand. Well you might be right. Don't worry. I will definitely try to find more mali music. I enjoy that music quite a bit.