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from: Rough Guides See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 780.9 EAN: 9781858280172 ISBN: 1858280176 Label: Rough Guides Manufacturer: Rough Guides Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 720 Publication Date: November 01, 1994 Publisher: Rough Guides Sales Rank: 1016228 Studio: Rough Guides Related Items: Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music Rough Guide to World Music Volume Two: Latin and North America, the Caribbean, Asia & the Pacific (Rough Guide Music Guides) Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey, Double Rich Chocolate, 5.15-Pound Tub This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Once you start flipping through World Music, there's no stopping. Unlike other genres, world music spans so huge a territory (the world) that there are surprises and new pleasures for everyone. The table of contents sets the tone. Laid out as a map of the world, the chapters are located directly on the map. This is followed, however, by a traditional table of contents, laid out in linear 1 to 13 format for those who don't go for the visual approach. However you chose your dive-in point, you won't be disappointed. A tremendous amount of work has gone into this guide, covering a remarkable number of subgenres and groups. Search for a group you've heard of, read up on a specific genre like klezmer or flamenco, get CD recommendations, or troll for new finds like Altan, the Irish band of the '90s, and Ibrahim Tatlises, the premier Kurdish performer. There's a wealth of sounds out there that Rough Guide makes accessible. --Stephanie Gold Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A good Introduction to World Music This is a good introduction to the major figures of world music and is a handy companion for anyone exploring the music. My other favorite world music book is "The Brazilian Sound" (Temple University Press, 1998), which I also purchased through amazon.com. Rating: - Keep politics out of world music I purchased this book because I wanted a guide to unfamiliar (for me) world music. It is wide ranging and if browsed quickly, appears encyclopedic. Imagine my surprise when I searched for Israel and find NOTHING. There is a large section on Palestinian music, which is rife with anti Israel rhetoric. Music is a universal language. All cultures have much to offer of interest. Music is a force for peaceful interaction among people of different cultures. Even peoples whose politics are in conflict ... Read More

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