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UNESCO Collection is a world music record label, under the aegis of UNESCO. The full title of the series was UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World. Starting in 1961, the label, created in collaboration with Alain Daniélou, has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music. Its recording activity was mainly in the ...
The music of Bahrain is part of the Persian Gulf folk traditions. Alongside Kuwait , it is known for sawt music, a bluesy genre influenced by African , Indian and Persian music . Sultan Hamid, Ali Bahar and Khaled El Sheikh (a singer and oud player) are among the most popular musicians from Bahrain.
101/103 The Best of World Music: Volume 1 - World Vocal (April 1993) 102/104 The Best of World Music: Volume 2 - World Instrumental (April 1993) 105/107 The Best of Folk Music: Contemporary Folk (August 1993) 106/108 The Best of World Music: African (August 1993) 1994 109/110 Kotoja: The Super Sawalé Collection (July 1994)
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in Roots ...
Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people ...
The traditional music of Jordan has a long history. Rural zajal songs, with improvised poetry played with a mijwiz, tablah, arghul, oud, rabab, and reed pipe ensemble accompanying is popular. The transition of old cultural music into hit pop songs known worldwide. Recently, Jordan has seen the rise of prominent DJs and pop stars.
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists between 2004 and 2011 for quality traditional world music albums. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic ...
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