This is always a musical area that's challenging to talk about because people have different conceptions of what it entails, and some dispute the notion altogether. But to some degree it's a fairly regular part of my listening.
Historically I've been especially fond of a lot of Indian music, such as the Hindustani classical of Ravi Shankar or Ali Akbar Khan, the drone/ambient of Sheila Chandra, or the jazz/fusion of Shakti.
One of my favorite artists of any genre is Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, who infused more classical and opera into the Azerbaijan mugam jazz/fusion of her father Vagif. She's worked with some of the heaviest hitters in jazz like Al DiMeola, Stanley Clarke, Dave Weckl and others, but is perpetually overlooked.
I'm a big fan of reggae, of course Bob Marley, but many other greats like Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, Burning Spear and others.
Anouar Brahem's Arabic chamber jazz featuring the oud is quite intoxicating.
Jazz and Latin music go together well, for example with Arturo Sandoval's work.
Paco de Lucia and other flamenco players are rather dazzling.
For that matter, Carlos Santana's work is indispensable. Obviously the early classics are legendary for a reason, but I don't mind much of the more often panned later collaborations as well.
There's some absurdly fun playing in Bulgarian wedding music like Ivo Papasov.
So many others, but that's a good start.
Topic: Anyone into world music? (Read 704 times)
