favorite non-American ethnic music

[pres2032]

Poll question: favorite non-American ethnic music

I absolutely love Celtic music, it's so beautiful and so lively.

Let's define "american" as stuff you would hear on the radio and the like, including punk and underground stuff.

[MrScorpio]

1. Brazilian

Sambas, bossa novas, bahia congo, batucadas.

Stuff like that

[progmom]

12. me too

:hi:

[Ann Arbor Dem]

39. Me three!

Hey Mr. Scorpio....I played Guanabara from Samba Soul 70! for you this past Monday night. :)

[MrScorpio]

40. Damn, I missed it

Thanks!

[Ann Arbor Dem]

41. I'll play it for you again next Monday.....

If I can remember, I'll start a thread before I go on the air.

[MrScorpio]

47. You're on

I love that song

[Jade Fox]

44. Me four.....

Antonio Carlos Jobim singing "Sabia".....

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. Celtic...

it's all I listen to the entire month of March

[LynneSin]

3. I love Polka Music

Their lyrics are so true: In heaven there ain't no beer, so that's why we drink it here

[MuseRider]

7. I used to play

in a Polka band. It was really fun and boy was there a LOT of beer.

[HippieCowgirl]

4. Why didn't you include Middle Eastern-inspired music?

Rai rocks my world, baby.

[Brotherjohn]

10. Natacha Atlas... Susheela Raman (sp?)... lots of good Mid-Eastern music!

[Brotherjohn]

5. Bollywood/Hindi!

"Ishq Ishq me pyaar pyaar... Number One Punjabi!!"

It can be corny, all right, but it's always fun. And the more traditional sounding music (like from "Devdas" or "Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam") is simply beautiful.

[idlisambar]

60. second that

Indian film music can be really good.

[LynzM]

6. Toss-up between Celtic and African

Really depends on my mood... I love the rhythms in African music, though!

[Jade Fox]

43. Ever heard of Laura Love?

She does both!

http://www.lauralove.net/frames.html

[LynzM]

49. Whoa!

No, I haven't, but I'll have to go check her stuff out! Cool, thanks! :bounce:

[MuseRider]

8. I can't choose

I love it all. Currently I am having a real blast with the traditional music of Mexico.

[djeseru]

9. Balinese Gamelan!

The shimmering music...

Also enjoy Middle Eastern and Indian, and some Japanese koto.

[bridgit]

35. yup...

[bobthedrummer]

11. Japanese Koto music!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[bridgit]

36. yup...

[mark414]

13. i could be an asshole

and argue that the only "real" american form of music is jazz.

but i won't.

[bopchick]

18. how would that be being an asshole?

:shrug:

[mark414]

23. a music asshole

"rock" music isn't american. blues isn't american. no music is "american," with the notable exception of jazz.

[bopchick]

24. i'd say that makes you a smarty-pants!

:shrug: :D

[mark414]

27. heh i do my best

B-)

and welcome to DU...what part of the country ya from?

[bopchick]

28. the middle part of the country

you?

[mark414]

29. the same

check my sig!

[shanti]

58. exactly!

it's really all african. senegal is the birthplace of jazz and blues.

[Lilith Velkor]

14. I must take issue with defining Native music as non-American

Although I guess the same agrument could be made for Latin American or Carribean, so I won't trip too hard on that.

I picked Indian or Pakistani, y'know, the stuff that has lots of "boing" in it. Boinging sounds cheer me up.

[SnowGoose]

15. Bhangra!!!!

Punjabi folk music, immigrated to UK where it mutated and swapped genes with reggae and dub-style dance music.

You can listen to some at http://www.bhangra.com/ (but have your pop-up blocker turned on!).

[noonwitch]

16. Reggae. Caribean and African music

I love Putamayo cds!

[kitkatrose]

48. Me too!!!!!!!!!

But I like the Latin American ones better. "Latin Groove" is my favorite.

[bopchick]

17. Have you checked out Fela?

he rocks my socks

[cassandra uprising]

61. you just get cooler and cooler

i turned csthet onto fela

and i saw his son fema a few years back, awesome stuff.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. I like India Indian. n/t

[bridgit]

37. yup...

[manic expression]

46. Same here....n/t

[tammywammy]

55. Me too.

I love that Indian music.

[silvermachine]

20. Well....

...I have a bit of a fetish for (among other things) psychedelic rock music coming from places you wouldn't expect, among them:

Cambodian Rocks--A CD of 60's garage and psychedelic music from various Cambodian artists from that time period. Brilliant stuff

Tropicalia--There was a really vibrant music scene in Brazil during the late 60's and early 70's with artists like Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and other doing socially conscious, mindbending experimental acid rock sounds.

South American bands such as the Shakers, Traffic Sound, Laghonia, Aguaturbia, and others were awesome bands from the 60's and 70's, much of this has been released on CD now.

Middle Eastern Rock--There are some real treasures from artists such as Turkish guitarist Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, and others that feature great Middle Eastern takes on rock music.

Japanese scene--Modern day artists like Acid Mothers Temple, Ghost, Boredoms, and others have really helped to redefine the psychedelic experience in rock music. These bands have to be heard to be believed.

And really this is just the tip of the iceberg.....

[Squeech]

21. All of the above

I got the gamelan pneumonia, and the mbaqanga flu.

And I agree with silvermachine about Os Mutantes, although I would argue that they wanted to be mistaken for Brits, not lumped in with their Brazilian peers (of whom Gilberto Gil is now minister of culture in the Lula government, yay!).

I dunno if I can pick a favorite. Depends what I'm in the mood for. When I'm in a contemplative mood I'll put on Pakistani qawwali, when I'm in a headbanger mood I'll put on Bulgarian wedding music, and when I'm in the mood to celebrate the extremes of human patrimony, it'll be the throat singers of Tuva.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Houston International Festival is coming up: $10.00 a day!

Some artists from the country being honored (India, this year) & from other countries--plus local & regional. Since local & regional includes country, rock, zydeco, cajun, blues, polka & mexican/chicano styles--we get a pretty good mix.

Zap Mama, Toots and the Maytals, Ozomatli, Taj Mahal, Delbert McClinton with Teresa James, Stone Coyotes, Vishal Vaid, Shemekia Copeland, Marys Band, Brave Combo, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, Iguanas, Neutral Sisters, Grupo Fantasma, Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, Fito Olivares y Su Grupo, Sonny Boy Terry, Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters, Zydeco Dots, Nooney & the Zydeco Floaters, Texas Johnny Brown…..and much much more!

www.ifest.org/ifest2005/index.cfm

[ceile]

30. Another thing I miss about Houston

Used to every year as a kid....sigh

[Bridget Burke]

31. Last year they announced the Festival was moving.

Rather than spreading over several blocks downtown, it was held in the parking lot at Reliant Stadium--next to the Astrodome, for old-timers. "Rent" for the space downtown had gone up; the deal was for five years. Attendance fell precipitously. The Festival is now back downtown.

We've got some fine buildings & public spaces down there--woefully underused on weekends. Always good people-watching since "Houstonians" are a pretty international group anyway. And the weather has not yet become unbearable.

The Art Car Parade is no longer part of the Festival but is held a week or so later. That's also fun.

Houston does have its good points.

[nguoihue]

25. "Other"

Lao Music

[redqueen]

26. I like a lot on that list, but I'm going with Africa. n/t

[flamingyouth]

32. I like music from Polynesia, Micronesia, et al.

[lpbk2713]

33. Klezmer and flamenco.

[bridgit]

38. and yup...

[DELUSIONAL]

34. Hawaiian -- from the Hawaiian Independence Movement

[KamaAina]

52. Yes, but did you know about pro-sovereignty rap music?

It's from Hilo-based Sudden Rush.

http://www.nahenahe.net/sudden_rush/

For the record, "rap" in Hawaiian comes out as "na mele paleoleo", that is, "the music made with voices". Rap sounds great in Hawaiian, with all the vowel sounds and cutting 'k''s, too!

[DELUSIONAL]

53. Yes I know this group -- but I heard that they broke up??

Also -- much more like the ancient chanting -- than rap.

Actually I like the ancient chants best -- KU by Tony Conjugacion is powerful.

KU is a Hawaiian god -- probably more powerful than the western god.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

42. Nobody has mentioned Balkan and Eastern European as in

the Bulgarian Women's Choir or the Piatnitsky Folk Choir. I sang that music for about 8 years altogether off and on, and it still resonates with me.

I also like South African, Brazilian, Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, and, of course, Japanese, both traditional and (I know, I know, but it's been the soundtrack of my stays there) J-Pop.

[bleedingheart]

45. I heard some Ukrainian women sing once...it brought tears to my eyes

it was so beautiful...

personally I prefer Croatian...and since I have listened to Lithuanian music most of my life...I have grown used to it as well..although I don't like it as much...perhaps an overload...

[Telly Savalas]

50. Does Canadian prog-rock count as ethnic?

Just curious.

I'm not really a fan.

[Tektonik]

51. UB40

[Beware the Beast Man]

54. Tuvan throat music.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. I love the old American folk tunes that have their roots in

Britain, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Since you rarely hear it on the radio, I think it counts.

[shanti]

57. i love me some caribbean music

be it reggae, soca, salsa, merengue, punta, dancehall, afro bloco, actually, any and all music from the african diaspora.

[uppityperson]

59. Middle eastern