Never used Pandora, but it sounds suspicious that it has “world music” as a genre with ‘genes’. The definition is more or less “non-Western traditional music from everywhere in the world”. It sounds like “all of music” wouldn’t be much more diverse than “all non-Western music”, so why group by genre at all? Alternatively, if Western music contains most of the musical diversity in the world, that’s an interesting result I’d love to read about.
“World music” usually means “non-Western music marketed to Westerners”. You won’t get Indian or Arabian “Pop” genres labeled “World Music”. As a matter of fact, you’re unlikely to find them at all.
Never used Pandora, but it sounds suspicious that it has “world music” as a genre with ‘genes’. The definition is more or less “non-Western traditional music from everywhere in the world”. It sounds like “all of music” wouldn’t be much more diverse than “all non-Western music”, so why group by genre at all? Alternatively, if Western music contains most of the musical diversity in the world, that’s an interesting result I’d love to read about.
“World music” usually means “non-Western music marketed to Westerners”. You won’t get Indian or Arabian “Pop” genres labeled “World Music”. As a matter of fact, you’re unlikely to find them at all.