The standardised ‘popular’ music genre is based around Anglo-American culture, and the English language. However, there is not a single definition of what ‘World Music’ is, as there is such a wide variety of styles, but simply that it does not conform to this standardised form of ‘popular’ music, and instead comprises of indigenous sounds, musical instruments and languages.
The divide may have been made greater by the differences in technology between the Western world and other cultures, which allowed this Anglo-American music to become global, through distribution and audiences, and thus separating it from the rest of the world. Shuker and Laing both suggest that the popularity of this type of music, is partly a rebellion against ‘parental national culture’.
There are often crossovers within music, with sounds, instruments and languages all being used to create ‘popular’ music, bringing the world music into the global sector.
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