I already have the Bilbo song
The reason I started this thread was an offhand remark i made that jim thought would make a good thread.
I'd have responded sooner but my email failed to alert me to new posts
Anyway,
Spaz I disagree vehemently with your statement about Keith Urban et al. Country music is not country music anymore. It's pop. Keith Urban is a pop artist that sounds country. Country has invaded the fabric of America (like Nascar) to the point that the accepatable muzak is Country Pop. Go into any supermarket, doctor's office etc. You'll hear it. Country is now Mainstream.
Keith Urban being Aussie proves NOTHING about the validity of anything. He's just a pretty boy (voted #3 sexiest star, don't read into why I know that, I retain silly useless info) that happens to be banging Nicole Kidman. he's not a "Country" artist per se.
"Native aboriginal music" is not World, it's just native aboriginal music.
I agree with Sharc. Peter Gabriel using Youssou N'dour on vocals does not make him a World artist. Such bullshit these terms...I still don't know what the hell "smart pop" is...
I wish you all could have heard Tony Levin's Nearfest story about a song he did with Peter Gabriel and an ape. What to call that?