World Music, a phrase that literally should include all cultures’ sounds but as a genre has become narrowed, softened and commercialized, is being re-invigorated by a new cadre of bloggers with interests in adventure and discovery as well as analytic study, according to Ross Simoninini in the Village Voice Aug 20 – 26 issue. At last, it’s easy to reach beyond those pleasant Putumayo greatest hist packages (“guaranteed to make you feel good”) for fuller access to what’s played and heard all over the globe.
Howard Mandel's Urban Improvisation
