"Trinidadian sitarist, composer, and music authority, Mangal Patasar once remarked about t♯¿n-singing, 'You take a capsule from India, leave it here for a hundred years, and this is what you get.' Patasar was referring to what may be the most sophisticated and distinctive art fo…
Reflecting the growing interest in popular music from the developing world, this book examines all major non-Western musical styles, from increasingly familiar genres like reggae and salsa, to the lesser-known regional styles of Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.
This book examines all major non-Western urban music styles, from increasingly familiar genres like reggae and salsa, to the lesser-known regional styles of Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, non-Western Europe (Greece, Yugoslavia, Portugal), Asia, and the Ne…