Traditional music and the World Music marketplace

A producer’s experience

Authors

  • Joe Boyd Journalist and producer Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v3i3.295

Keywords:

modernity, traditional music, world music, Youssou N'Dour

Abstract

The piece uses the career of Youssou N’Dour as a template for studying the conflicts between tradition and modernity in the World Music marketplace. Contrary to expectation, preservation of tradition is usually proposed by ‘First World’ producers while the artists mistakenly support technological distortions of traditional rhythms in the hope of reaching a modern international market.

Author Biography

  • Joe Boyd, Journalist and producer

    Joe Boyd started producing music in 1966, recording such artists as Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Maria Muldaur, REM and 10,000 Maniacs before moving on to World Music (Cubanismo, Toumani Diabate, Trio Bulgarka, Ivo Papasov, Songhai etc.) He has written a book about the music of the Sixties (White Bicycles, published by Serpent’s Tail) and is currently writing a book about World Music.

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Published

2009-09-06

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2008)

Section

Articles

License

© Equinox Publishing Ltd.

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How to Cite

Boyd, J. (2009). Traditional music and the World Music marketplace: A producer’s experience. Popular Music History, 3(3), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v3i3.295