Meaning of world music | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.
   countable, rare, uncountable
2. Music that combines elements from traditional styles from the non-Western world along with modern, popular elements, in order to create something marketed towards Western audiences.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“While it can be considered a metagenre, world music is really more of a marketing category.”

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