r/WorldMusic

There's a specific quality to music that comes out of port cities and border regions — something about the forced mixing of people, languages, and rhythms that produces sounds you don't get anywhere else.

Looking for recommendations across any era or genre. Could be field recordings, live albums, studio work. Doesn't have to be famous — actually prefer obscure.

Bonus interest in anything from the 70s-80s, Latin America, Mediterranean, West Africa.

Hey,

We are a group of music initiatives around the globe that just created a new World Music channel called "Oxala" to find and dig every corner of the earth to find hidden gems. Our aim is to support independent artists to be able to collaborate each other as well as rewarded by the listeners.

What do you think people?

instagram.com/oxalamusic/

youtube.com/oxalamusic/

What is a traditional instrument from your home country or culture that you think deserves more attention in world music?
How does it sound, and how is it typically used?