foreign music

[smc]

It's nice to know that people are listening to music from everywhere, but I feel compelled to point out that calling music other than American "foreign music" just isn't right. Just because it's foreign to Americans doesn't make it universally foreign. That's why "world music" is a good term, and is generally used. It can be all-encompassing, individually defined, and crosses borders (and since this is a Forum, overall, where borders are crossed all the time we ought to embrace the term). Plus, it allows for the combinations that are sparking such a creative outpouring from musicians. I've been listening, for example, to a Sri Lankan guitarist who grew up in St. Louis and plays/sings great songs that sound somewhat like Delta Blues from Mississippi. American blues come from Mali in Africa. How could that be labeled simply "foreign" as in "not American"?

It's only foriegn to you , not to them , as long as you enjoy music you will always have some form of happiness !

[local]

Actually, the best Music I've heard in a long time is from Japan - the Yoshida Brothers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERXiliJfdI

[DSL]

There are some real good foreign music out there even tho some of us can't
understand the words. but the beat rocks the house, i especially like japanese
pop and rock and thai music.i play it all on my sound system on my PC i got a 5 speaker with floor sub woofer that really rocks the house the speakers are
slimline but they rock.