world music?

[riverboatking]

so i was watching inside man and at the very end was an hindi song called chaiyaa chaiyya which i really dug.

was wondering if any of you guys had some good suggestions for some world music.

[kerowo]

How many countries need to have players in the band for it to be "World Music" instead of <insert country name> music?

We had a guy who liked to play it during shifts and since we were Americans and didn't speak Spanish we would make up lyrics to the songs. Usually about a boy and his donkey.

[snagglepuss]

fela kuti for the afrobeats

[PartyGirlUK]

vieux and ali farka toure

[Zeestein]

ustad amjad ali khan - really, really long but awesome sarod pieces

nusrat fateh ali khan

ravi shankar

[MikeNaked]

Anoushka Shankar
Ernest Ranglin
Ali Farka Toure and his son, I forget his name
Tinariwen
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

let me know if you want clarification/explanation.

[Entity]

Does Ladysmith Black Mambazo count?

[guids]

All I know is, for you stoners out there, buy some Indian/baliwood dvds w/ music videos on them, I take care of this indian restaurant, and they have this huge old school big screen that plays nothing but these videos, adn they are HILLAAAAARIOUS. Im not a big indian food guy, but I make excuses to BS with teh owner so I can watch these videos.

[amplify]

What I did was just obtain about 30 Putumayo records and pare these down to a bunch of songs I really liked. Waaay to much afropop on the ones I got and not nearly enough cuban music (cuban music is seriously amazing) but a great way to plunge into it.

[riverboatking]

what i like most is the upbeat happy music.
stuff you can dance to etc.