Title: Global pop : world music, world markets /
Authors: Taylor, Timothy Dean
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1997
Subjects: World music History and criticism.; Popular music History and criticism; World beat (Music) History and criticism.
Abstract: Western pop music draws heavily upon music from other cultures, bringing music and musicians from outside the west to a wide audience. The author surveys this phenomenon to provide the reader with a timely account of its impact on modern culture.
Contents: [Part] 1 : Popular musics and globalization. Hasn't world music been around for thousands of years? ; Welcome to the market ; World musicians ; World music listeners ; The discourses of world music -- [Part] 2 : "Nothin' but the same old story" : old hegemonies, new musics. Peter Gabriel : Us ; The work of art in an era of minimal reproduction ; Kronos Quartet : Pieces of Africa -- [Part] 3 : Strategies of resistance. Ladysmith Black Mambazo : Two worlds one heart ; Rhoma Irama : "Quran dan Koran" ; Djur Djura : Women of the (third) world, unite! -- [Part] 4 : A music of one's own. Pauline Oliveros ; D'Cückoo : Umoja -- [Part] 5 : Strategic inauthenticity. Youssou N'Dour : "A modern griot" ; Angelique Kidjo : "Let's create a better continent" ; Whose authenticity? -- [Part] 6 : Anglo-Asian self-fashioning. Sheila Chandra : "From me you've stolen east and west" ; Apache Indian's No reservations : "A very British sound" ; Bhangra in the U.S. -- [Part] 7 : Toward a more perfect union : Cross-Cultural Collaborations. Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mchunu, and Juluka ; The SongCatchers : "History 101" ; Zap Mama : the sound of channel surfing -- [Part] 8 : Conclusions : we are the world, and the world is us. Binaries? Yes/No ; Whose hybridity? ; The "global postmodern" -- Appendix 1 : Billboard world music charts, arranged chronologically -- Appendix 2 : History of the folk, ethnic, and world music Grammy awards -- Appendix 3 : "Dónall Óg."