INTERVIEWS
World Music Does not Exist?
This page is reserved solely for interviews that I have collected over the years from more than fifty world music specialists who contributed to the development, production, and promotion, as well as a few members of the group who coined the term in 1987. These interviews will help to better understand (I hope) the reasons and elements that led to the birth of the term, its true definition, and to clarify all the confusion, interpretations, and criticisms raised around the subject. You can find the whole work I´have done in my side CONTRIBUTION that you can read here.
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YOUSSOU N´DOUR
Musician
BEN MANDELSON
World musician, manager and producer.
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ANGEL ROMERO
Managing Director at World Music Central
DANIEL SUXAC
Producer
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FRANK TENAILLE
Journalist
SIMON BROUGHTON
Editor-in-chief of Songlines
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MARTIN MEISSONIER
Musician, producer, journalist, and filmmaker
IAN ANDERSON
Musician, broadcaster and the editor of fRoots magazine
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NICK GOLD
Record producer, former CEO of World Circuit Records
LUCY DURAN
Ethnomusicologist, record producer and radio presenter
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ROBERT URBANUS
Co - founder Stern´s Music
DAN STOPER
Founder and CEO of Putumayo record label Putumayo
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MARK KIDAL
Documentary filmmaker, writer.
THOMAS BROOMAN
Co-founder, director of the WOMAD
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HÅKAN AGNESTER
Musician, writer
CHRISTIAN MOUSSET
Producer and director of festival Mêtisses
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ROBERT BROWNING
Co-founded the Alternative Center for International Arts.
GRANT GODDARD
Radio broadcasting expert.
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MARY FARQUHARSON
Co Owner - Discos corason
JOE BOYD
Record and film producer.
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IAN SCOTT
Artist
ROGER ARMSTRONG
Producer
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ANGEL ROMERO
Director
RIKKI STEIN
Manager Fela Kuti
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KEN DAY
Promotor - Founder Urkult festival
RANDALL GRASS
General manager Shanachie
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TOM SCHNABEL
Director at KCRW, producer.
MANDA TCHEBWA ANTOINE
Music writer
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CECILE RATA
Director Cola production
ALAIN WEBER
Artistic director, producer.
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GERARD SELIGMAN
President, CEO of Caravan Arts Consultancy LLC
BRAHIM EL MAZNED
Visa for Music & festival Timitar founder
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ANDY MORGAN
Journalist
DONALD VARANAN
Artistic director, producer
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JOAO BOSCO
Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
CRISTINA BRANCO
Fado musician
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BENT ERIKSSON
Journalist
GUNNAR VALKARE
Artistic director,producer
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KARL KADERMAN
Musician
OWE RÖNSTRÖM
Musician
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TUOMO HAAPALA
Musician
KRISTER MALM
Swedish musicologist
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JÖRGEN ADOLFSSON
Musician
MAGNUS BÄCKSTRÖM
Musician
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CHRISTER BOTHEN
Musician, composer and artist
MARIA SELANDER
Composer, singer
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BENGT BERGER
Musician, producer, komposer
DAN LUNDBERG
Musician, music ethnologist
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KHADJA NINE
Musician
JAQUES BIZZOLON
Producer
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Magnus Säll
Journalist
OKEY TAMIZ
Musician
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HORACIO DURAN
Musician - Inti-illimami
ALFREDO TRONCOSO
Producer
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MAGNUS SÄLL
Journalist
OKEY TAMIZ
Musician
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