What is this site about?
In your country, city or
your village, there are some musicians who play folk music of their area. Maybe
they are famous or maybe they are not! Let's introduce them to the world. We
are not looking for folk-pop, folk-jazz or folk-rock. We are looking for pure
folk and classical traditional of each region. You can send their songs here
and give us information about their music and their works. It can be an old
farmer or a dedicated musician. Currently its hard to find information about
folk / traditional music of all countries in one place. We want to achieve this
goal with your help.
This project is focused on
original folk and traditional music of the different countries, nations and
ethnic groups of the world. Definition of “folk” and “traditional” music in
different cultures changes, and generally it's hard to give a universal
definition.
Although folk music usually
refers to orally transmitted music or music with unknown composers, but it can
include the traditional classical music of countries as well which
theoretically differs from folk music, like Indian traditional classical music
vs. Indian folk music. But it doesn't include Western (European) Classical
music.
These music are accepted
here: indigenous music, aboriginal music, ethnic music, regional music, rural
music, root music, traditional ritual music, arranged folk music, recreated
folk music,...
These music are not accepted
in this project: folk-pop, folk-rock, folk-jazz (any kind of folk fusion that
employs some folk elements like an instrument, a melody or a rhythm in another
genre or style), world music (folk music arranged for Western ears with
commercial interests, usually published by Western labels; although some “world
music” are original and accepted), fusion of different original folks (like
Arabic oud with Indian sitar or Spanish flamenco with West African rhythms),
modernized and contemporized versions of folk tunes with new sounds, especially
electronic sounds.
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