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Genre vs Worldbeat - What's the difference?

genre | worldbeat |

As nouns the difference between genre and worldbeat

is that genre is while worldbeat is (music) a music genre that blends western pop music with traditional folk music or world music.

genre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.
    • The still-life has been a popular genre in painting since the 17th century.
    The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre .

    Synonyms

    * kind * type * class * See also

    Derived terms

    * subgenre * literary genre * film genre * dramatic genre * theatrical genre

    Related terms

    * genre fiction * gender * general * generate * genus

    Anagrams

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    worldbeat

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia worldbeat)
  • (music) A music genre that blends Western pop music with traditional folk music or world music.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1989, date=May 26, author=Achy Obejas, title=Calendar, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=DJ King Scratch will spin worldbeat music all night, including Byron Lee's calypso, Machito's salsa, and Segun Adawale's African high-life. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1996, date=April 12, author=Tom Frank, title=Capital Lies: Swallow it Whole, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Diners sit amongst peaceful concrete trees and plastic leaves, listening to soothing worldbeat music; renderings of globes appear throughout, as do references to FoodlifeUs massive recycling program and the healthiness of the establishment's victuals. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=July 13, author=Peter Margasak, title=Sawt El Atlas, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Sawt El Atlas delivers what the worldbeat bands of the 80s couldn't: instead of being grafted onto native forms, the Western elements are seamlessly incorporated. }}