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Traditional / Regional Music
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Meet Traditional / Regional Music
Traditional / Regional Music is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Traditional / Regional Music is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Toumani Diabaté, 鼓童 and منير بشير.
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Tabla-Taal-Surphakta1972 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 02Tabla-Taal-Teen Taal1972 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 03Tabla-Taal-Ek Taal1972 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 04Tabla-Taal-Char Taal Ki Sawari1972 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 05Raga Kirwani1979 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 06Raga Simhendra Madhyamam1956 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 07Raga Ahir Bhairav1956 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 08Raga Jog1956 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 09An Introduction to Indian Music1958 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab 10Dádrá1958 · Hindustani Classical MusicOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
Artist·West African Traditional Music
Toumani Diabaté
Artist·Japanese Traditional Music
鼓童
Artist·Iraqi Maqam
منير بشير
Artist·Chinese Traditional Music
阿炳
Artist·Hindustani Classical Music
Ravi Shankar
Artist·West African Traditional Music
Danny Thompson
Artist·West African Traditional Music
Ketama
Artist·Hindustani Classical Music
Zakir Hussain
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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