Some of today's best world music acts spring from the discovery of an obscure passion.
Yet when it comes to world music, we don't always have the same breadth of taste.
He then moved on to set up his own label, Hannibal Records, which put out world music.
"Then, to my surprise, I discovered world music, which at first seemed very peculiar to me, " he said.
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She was African music's first world star blending different styles long before the phrase "world music" was coined.
Her sister, the singer Chandrika Tandon, was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award in the Contemporary World Music category.
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George Harrison of the Beatles once called Shankar "the godfather of world music".
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From singer-songwriters to classical, world music, and Broadway stars, it's a celebration of the diversity of our thriving musical culture.
With a nomination for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award, they've become a presence on the world music scene.
But the artistic story this year suggested it may be the most exciting time for world music since Paul Simon made Graceland.
Even when you are working, some world music can calm the nerves.
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We were up against giants of world music such as Khaled, Ojos De Brujo, Bebeya Jazz and the Super Rail Band of Bamako.
The event will also feature Scottish groups Capercaillie and Teenage Fanclub, alongside African world music star Baaba Maal and choirs from Italy and Bulgaria.
Renowned for molding and making global superstars out of Destiny's Child and his daughter Beyonce, Knowles runs his own Music World Music record label.
These recordings made him a lot of money, which, as the fashion for World Music began to subside, he invested in his own country.
Every business has its boondoggles, and for those in the world music trade, the World Music Expo otherwise known as WOMEX is it.
The term "world music" strikes her as too anthropological and voyeuristic, she says, but dance music is something anyone can throw on and move to.
Winners announced ahead of the main event included the late Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, whose award for best world music album was collected by his daughter Anoushka.
It is astonishing to see, with stunning projections, animations and visual gags provided by Mr. Norris's direction, and a bit of interesting World Music supplementing the orchestra.
Later the xylophone found its way into the New World music of the slaves, the music of the Central and South American Indians, and the European symphony orchestra.
After the lunchtime event on the closing weekend of Celtic Connections - Glasgow's annual folk and world music festival - it will embark on its latest name change.
With their colourful flowing robes, fusion of traditional African music and jazz and contagious beat, they even dedicated a song to the godfather of world music, Peter Gabriel.
And apparently after so many polished crossover projects and celebrity star turns in the world music hinterlands, that, dare I use the word, authenticity, really hits the spot.
Congotronics is a remarkable story about how rural musicians marginalized in the big city they've made home, suddenly become a hot item on the international world music circuit.
"I always loved world music - I used to get stoned and listen to the Mystere de Voix Bulgare Choir in the 1960s, all my friends did, " Boyd said.
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If HMV closes down completely, World Music Network and its fellow small labels, queuing up for repayment with the rest of the chain's creditors, might never get paid at all.
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