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How to get into World Music: Spotify playlist for beginners

By CW Contributor on 13/7/2016

Forget drab pop, and predictable indie. This summer we're travelling further afield. Here's our World Music rough guide, to little-known sounds from far away

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If you're anything like us, you're bored of a music scene dominated by tousle-haired white guys in band t shirts, with skinny arms and loud opinions. And we're not alone. With the rise of festivals such as Womad, Rhythms of the World and Alchemy, not to mention the rise of internet radio, we're exposed to sounds from around the world like never before.

So, to that end, we've curated a playlist of the best contemporary world music. We don't mean that CD you bought from a snake charmer in Morocco and never listened to again. From throat-singing to desert blues and Louisiana brass, travel the world through its sounds.

How to get into World Music: Spotify playlist for beginners

Forget drab pop, and predictable indie. This summer we're travelling further afield. Here's our World Music rough guide, to little-known sounds from far away

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