- ISBN: 9780415979306 | 0415979307
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 11/9/2006
World music is the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market. Artists such as Ry Cooder, Paul Simon and the Talking Heads have utilized "world" sounds in their work, and international performers draw crowds across the country. At the same time, in an era of unprecedented immigration and globalization, people all over the world are using music as way to preserve their local and ethnic identity.