Gujarati Folk and Garba
About the Blog Series When thinking of ‘world music’, one often associates the term with the sound of obscure, cultural music, conjuring up images of exotic, foreign landscapes, in continents far away from Western Europe and Anglo-American civilisation. Yet, one would be forgiven for making this assumption, as many people don’t take into consideration the production and consumption of world music in many of our own towns and cities. In England, ethnomusicologists are in a privileged position in that, as a country, there are a number of culturally diverse boroughs that harbour the traditions and ideologies of various nationalities. For it’s in these multicultural areas that the music of indigenous or ethnic origin has an essential role in not only, the self-expression of ethnic identity, but also in demonstrating common-ground and commerce among numerious other social groups. In other words, world music is tremendously important for many of these towns across England, as it allows...
