Shaabi: History and Key Facts
Shaabi (Arabic: شعبي, romanized: šaʿbī, pronounced [ˈʃæʕbiː]; lit.
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Space-themed music: History and Key Facts
Space-themed music is any music, from any genre or style, with lyrics or titles relating to outer space or spaceflight.
Tower music: History and Key Facts
Tower music is a musical performance from the top of a tower.
Traditional bachata: History and Key Facts
Traditional bachata is a subgenre of bachata music genre.
Visual kei: History and Key Facts
Visual kei (Japanese: ヴィジュアル系 or ビジュアル系, Hepburn: Vijuaru kei or Bijuaru kei; lit.
Women's music: History and Key Facts
Women's music is a type of music "by women, for women, and about women." Women's music focused on topics of feminism, including the unfair treatment of women by society and their families.
Were music: History and Key Facts
Were music (Yoruba: Wéré) is an indigenous Yoruba music genre which, like ajisari, is used to arouse the Islamic faithful to pray and eat their early morning meal (sahur) during the holy month of
World music (term): History and Key Facts
The term "world music", meaning folk music from around the world, has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E.
Disco: History and Key Facts
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.