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Re: new jewish music



Where did David Byrne's essay appear?

Thanks --

Robert Cohen



>On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 00:38:37 -0400, Yakov <kchodosh (at) 
>suffolk(dot)lib(dot)ny(dot)uswrote:
>

>Well, "world music" is essentially folk music from someplace besides 
>"here". That's the standard definition, I believe. David Byrne wrote a 
>pretty uninteresting essay called "I Hate World Music" that said he 
>couldn't stand that lumping together of non-American cultures. I find the 
>term to be pretty useful, as long as everyone knows its limitations.

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