On Slate's Jan 26 Culture Gabfest, Mike Pesca mentions "World Music", then as an aside notes his discomfort with the whole concept of the genre. He raises an interesting question; why does Khazakstani music get lumped in with African music but not French music? Maybe the usage of the term "World Music" is similar to the usage of the term "Country Music".
NY + LA : Rest of The Country :: US + EU : Rest of The World
In other words, brown people are the hicks of the world.
But Pesca has to admit, society's made a lot of progress; we used to call it "Earth Music", and before that it was "Dirt People Music".
They're tired, they're poor, and if you huddle them together they form a single mass.
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