world music
nounDefinition of world music
: popular music originating from or influenced by non-Western musical traditions and often having a danceable rhythm
—usually hyphenated when used attributively
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With CDs on the way out, our brave new streaming world has proved not so hot for classical, jazz, world music and many other tributaries outside the commercial mainstream. — Los Angeles Times, "Commentary: Classical streaming has arrived. How do the new services stack up?," 29 Aug. 2019 Folk and world music from Africa, Iraq, and Mexico. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Museum of Art lifts lid on flavorful new Performing Arts Series," 22 Aug. 2019 Incidental music performed by the esteemed local composer, percussionist and educator Jeff McQuillan (of the world music band Mikata) channels a hummable theme tune through a keyboard and kazoo. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "A funny, slapstick ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ from Capital Classics," 15 July 2019 Rao’s poignant words added even more urgency to an impressive night of world music. — Patrick Rucker, Washington Post, "A smorgasbord of singers delivers a timely serenade," 9 July 2019 Kids will love wearing headphones, walking through exhibits and hearing world music. — Arizona Republic, azcentral, "Summer in Arizona: Locals share 100 fun ways to survive the 100-degree heat in Phoenix," 1 July 2019 Music includes jazz, rock, pop, choral, rhythm-and-blues, country, soul, patriotic, symphonic, swing and world music. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, "Who’s playing when at these free outdoor evening concerts in Greater Hartford," 10 June 2019 Additionally, the world music field will now determine its five finalists by a nominations review committee, which will take the top 15 selections from the general voting membership's first ballet and narrow the selections to five. — Melinda Newman, Billboard, "Grammy Awards Expand Nominees for Top Album, Song, Record & New Artist From 5 to 8: Exclusive," 26 June 2018 The fest’s reliably rich spread of world music features a Latin highlight on Friday this year with performances from Orquesta Akokan, Las Cafeteras, and Orquesta El Macabeo. — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, "The Weekender: Casanova, Beck, Dwayne, and Jason," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'world music.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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