Worldbeat
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In popular music, worldbeat refers to any style of music which fuses folk music, often from non-traditional sources (essentially, outside the Appalachian folk and Celtic traditions) with Western rock or other pop influences.
| Worldbeat | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins: | Rock and pop mixed with folk styles |
| Cultural origins: | Mid-1980s United Kingdom, United States |
| Typical instruments: | Widely variable, though drums are constant |
| Mainstream popularity: | Occasional, though not generally sustained |
| Subgenres | |
| Afrobeat | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Afro-Cuban jazz - Afro-juju - Alpine New Wave - Bhangra-wine - Bhangragga - Bhangramuffin - Biguine moderne - Burger highlife - Calypso-style baila - Campursari - Canto livre - Canto nuevo - Chicha - Chutney-bhangra - Chutney-hip hop - Fuji - Hip life - Lambada - Latin jazz - Merenrap - Mor lam sing - Nueva cancion - Punta rock - Rai pop - Rapso - Reggae highlife - Salsa - Sevillana - Slack-key - Songo - Zam-rock - Zouk | |
| Other topics | |
| World music - Folk music | |
Worldbeat is usually said to have begun in the mid-1980s when artists like David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, and Paul Simon began incorporating influences from around the world, especially Africa and Latin America. Within a few years, worldbeat became a thriving subgenre of popular music that influenced many more mainstream musicians. Some of the most commonly incorporated types of folk music include rai, samba, flamenco, tango, qawwali, highlife and raga. Nelly Furtado's earlier music has previously been attributed to this genre.
