The massive post-war folk revival in Britain emphasized 19th century work songs, including industrial labor songs and sea shanties. Here are the most important recordings of Britian's traditional music movement.
African "desert blues" is just about the biggest sound in world music circles today. Blending western forms with African soul, plus a healthy dose of amplification, it's a hypnotic sound that speaks hauntingly of the place and its people.
These are the songs that take classic rock to another level: forgotten B-sides and sprawling deep cuts from the most iconic rock acts of the '60s and '70s.
Contemporary Jamaican music was born when young musicians began covering and reinterpreting the American R&B songs they heard on the radio. Listen to these classic Motown, soul, and rock songs, transformed by reggae's unmistakable upstroke rhythm.