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Independent World Music
Independent Worldbeat Music

World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream popular music or classical music and has some kind of "ethnic" component. The connotation of the term is popular and folk music from the third world, European popular and folk music that uses influences from the third world, and traditional music especially but not only from the third world. The term is used primarily as a marketing/classificatory device, sometimes referring to any kind of foreign music, especially in a foreign language.

Certain styles -- such as Jamaican reggae, celtic, and Latin pop -- grew large enough to be classified as their own genre, but everything else, from traditional Chinese music to African folk, is classified as world music.

Similar to world music, worldbeat music is usually the result of Western hybrids and fusions, though it still falls under the world music umbrella because it borrows styles, sounds and instrumentation from various types of indigenous music.

Artist Description
American Swedish Institute Spelmanslag Minnesota Swedish fiddlers.
Robin Adnan Anders Minnesota world fusion player.
Bobby Aro - The Fabulous Finn For over fifty years he entertained residents of Northern MN with his radio shows, his band, "the Ranch-Aros", and his recordings.
The Barich Brothers Slovenian polka band.
BOZO allegro Rock/latin/jazz.
Bua Irish traditional music.
Bill Bulinski Former member of the sixties band the Electras and founding member of The Greaseballs doing instrumental folk and Celtic.
Café Accordion Orchestra French, Finnish and Latin dance music in the Musette style.
Conga Se Menne Finnish reggae from the U.P. of Michigan.
Doris and the Sidekicks Minnesota accordionist playing Finnish polka.
Finn Hall Finnish and Finnish-American dance tunes.
Paul Gitlitz Multi-instrumentalist musician playing a mixture of Irish, Old Timey, Klezmer, Eastern European, Mariachi, New England Contra, Bossa, and Swing.
Barbara Hanka Singer, pianist, kantele/Finnish harp player, accordianist, and songwriter.
Diane Jarvi A third generation Finnish-American singer, songwriter, guitarist and kantele player.
Klezmerica Composes and performs contemporary Jewish songs and instrumentals rooted in klezmer and other Jewish music.
McInnis' Kitchen A mix of traditional dance tunes and folk songs that are Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian in origin and are influenced by regions like Newfoundland, Cape Breton and New England.
Brian Miller One of the busiest Irish traditional music performers of his generation living in the US.
Al Reko and Oren Tikkanen Traditional Finnish folk songs and dance melodies.
The Two Tap Trio Traditional Irish music from 2008 Canadian Traditional Singer of the Year nominee Norah Rendell, internationally acclaimed guitarist Brian Miller and fiddler Nathan Gourley.
Larry Unger Banjo and guitar player extraordinaire, specializing in waltzes, fiddle tunes and dance tunes.
John Wubbenhorst Bansuri flutist offering meditative world music.
ZUM Combines the fire and brilliance of Eastern European gypsy fiddle music with the hot-blooded passion of Argentinian Tango.


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