Synopsis
Ever since the launch of the marketing category world music in 1987, the term and the whole cultural and industrial phenomenon have been much debated. 'Local music, not from here (wherever here is)' is a definition of world music which is often referred to, despite, or probably precisely because of its vague all-encompassing character. This definition, however, raises several complex questions. Not all music of the world is actually called world music, so how and by whom are the distinctions made between what is and what is not appreciated as world music?
