How to Use world music in a Sentence

world music

noun
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  • The largest world music festival in the U.S. Free; worldmusicfestivalchicago.org.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Arepas Looking for eats to go along with your live world music?
    — cleveland.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The result is old world music with a welcome new word spin.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The four artists will reimagine classical jazz and world music with their string skills.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band’s music draws from blues, soul, jazz, world music and classic rock.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The Grammy winner, who grew up in the Bronx, plays music rooted in Celtic melody but mixes in world music as well.
    — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Plans were in the works that year to host a world music festival with a group of performers from Mongolia.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • John Butler is American but he was raised in Australia and his music has a world music vibe to it at times.
    — Chris Haghirian, kansascity, 5 June 2018
  • Rao’s poignant words added even more urgency to an impressive night of world music.
    — Patrick Rucker, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Besides jazz favorites, the show (tickets start at $18) will feature klezmer, world music and songs that evoke the cry for social justice.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
  • There will be live performances of reggae, soca, and world music.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • There are boxes of big band recordings, world music and jazz and original soundtracks.
    — Derek M. Norman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Your albums have included straight blues with elements of jazz gospel, Tex Mex Cuban and a lot of other world music.
    — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • For the awards presented in February 2012, the two categories were merged back to best world music album.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2020
  • On tap are four contemporary pieces that are influenced by pop, jazz, game and world music.
    — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The group, formed in 1975 in New York City, helped to pioneer new wave by blending elements of punk, rock, art pop, funk, and world music with an avant-garde aesthetic.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The band’s dazzling creations were not jazz, fusion or world music, per se, but a beguiling combination of all of them — and more.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For this is a play with music, featuring one of the most significant groups in what is rather absurdly known as world music.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Noted composer Anthony Davis blurs the lines between jazz, opera, world music, the avant-garde and other styles with unique skill and daring.
    — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The group, a product of a 2017 reality show in South Korea, did have two previous releases that did well on the world music chart.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
  • McGregor’s brother, Ryan, who is the new room’s sound man and production manager, has a passion for free jazz and world music.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • The group explores intersections between rock, jazz, classical and world music and has performed across the world.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But while the school is new, his program, Timbalooloo, is not: Mr. Etkin founded it in 2005 to teach jazz and world music to young children as a conversation among instruments.
    — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Americana, bluegrass, Celtic, world music and pop propelled by lead singer David Howley.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Crossroads Music holds world music concerts there, too.
    — Anya Van Wagtendonk, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • The tally lists the top selling world music albums of the week — generally defined as the native music of foreign countries.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Fans of opera, world music, and classical are generally older, and are more likely to see music with a partner or friends.
    — Youyou Zhou, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Kids will love wearing headphones, walking through exhibits and hearing world music.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 1 July 2019
  • The list of artists signed to the constellation of affiliated Warner Bros. labels when they were guided by Mr. Ostin reads like a dream-world music hall of fame.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Leah Rosenthal, the society’s artistic director since April 2020, books all the concerts at both of the center’s venues, including classical, jazz, dance, world music and lectures.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024

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