Explore the musical traditions of different cultures and countries.
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Nestled between countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, Greece is positioned at the crossroads of East and West. Greek folk music has developed in perpetual flux as it variably adopted extraneous cultural flows and contested them with its own rooted…
English traditional music is often associated with Romantic imaginaries of ‘green and pleasant lands’ and…
The traditional and popular music of Cuba is amongst the most widely known and enjoyed…
The musics of Brazil are as socially diverse and culturally mixed as its people. Yet,…
Trinidad and Tobago is home to a variety of celebrated music genres born out of…
Jewish music and culture is quintessentially global and diasporic. Despite being a primarily insular, rather…
Touristic fantasies of Spain conjure images of untouched mountain pueblos, of toreros and toros, of…
South Africa is famed for its cultural vitality and musical richness. In the countryside, music…
Jamaican music is amongst the best travelled in the world of music. Reggae, in particular,…
Irish music has a mystical place in the global imaginary. Its traditional music is revered…
