World music is usually described as traditional, cultural and indigenous music which doesn’t fit into the popular Anglo-American category. The songs included do not contain the key points which Anglo American music have, in order to become popular and sell records. Unlike the popular music we have come to know, World music generally contains traditional (maybe even folk) music which reflect the culture where the music origins from. This would mean that the lyrics would not be in English and traditional instruments would be used such as the sitar in India.
This kind of music is categorized as ‘World Music’ as it is a difficult to define as a genre. It is harder to sell as it is not the popular music of Western culture. Therefore, categorizing it in this way would help promote world music, making a profit.
A bit general but not too bad.
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