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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 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 (for example Kirsty MacColl on her… read more
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 is usually said to have begun in the mid-1980s when artist… read more
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 is usually said to have begun in the mid-1980s when artists like David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, and Paul Simon began incorporating in… read more

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1 Play track Run Vampire Weekend
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2 Play track Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Paul Simon
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3 Play track Bizness Tune-Yards
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4 Play track Life's a Beach Django Django
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5 Play track All Your Gold Bat for Lashes
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6 Play track I Know What I Know Paul Simon
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7 Play track Bring the Noize M.I.A.
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8 Play track The Obvious Child Paul Simon
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10 Play track Matangi M.I.A.
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