week 4 - what is world music and why does it exist?

Obviously there is a large number of interpretations about what world music is and why it exists because it is such a broad subject area. In my opinion, world music is music that is listened to on a worldwide stage. For example, I would I would class U2 as world music, because it is music that is listened to on a large scale across the globe. George Guilbault says world music is institutionalized, and is associated with music of the first and third worlds. I believe that any kind of music, from tribal African music to gospel music can be considered world music, as long as it is being transmitted across the world and consumed by these people. Id say that you could’nt describe one type of music as world music, as all music is interpreted differently by different people in different places. World music simply exists to entertain and to inform people of other music that is available and being produced in different parts of the world.