The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music
by Chris Nickson
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Author: Chris NicksonForeword: Youssou N'Dour
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-12-07
ISBN: 0399530320
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Book Reviews of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music
Book Review: Good, thorough, correct.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best book of its kind on the market today - it's simple, thorough, direct, and comprehensive, and serves exactly the purpose it sets out to serve - helping people find new music to listen to from around the world. It's not as dry as I expected it to be, either - Nickson peppers the chapters (divided by country and region) with anecdotes about the artists who make the genres great, thereby humanizing the music. The recommended listening section at the end is also very good, though as he was really only able to choose one or two recommended CDs per genre, it's easy to bicker with his choices if you have a different favorite. All-in-all, a winner, though.
Summary of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music
Discover world music--for illumination, enlightenment, and inspiration. Like few other musical forms, world music encompasses hundreds of different traditions and cultures, many intoxicating moods, and a richly diverse catalogue of music and musicians.THE MUSICIANS, including: Paco de Lucia, King Sunny Ade, Ravi Shankar, The Gipsy Kings, Tito Puente, Bob Marley, Beny Moré, The Chieftains, Wu Man, Sheila Chandra, and Miriam Makeba
THE STYLES, including: African reggae, Indonesian gamelan, Brazilian bossa nova, Hindu Carnatic, Chinese opera, Russian folk, Nordic fiddle and ballad, Argentine tango, Parisian bal-musette, Spanish flamenco, Greek rembetika, and Trinidad calypso
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