The Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia
The Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia is a world music compilation album originally released in 2000. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the release covers a broad swathe of the music of Indonesia, both traditional and modern. The compilation was produced by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music Network. Paul Fisher compiled the tracks and wrote the liner notes, and Duncan Baker coordinated the project.[1][2]
Critical reception
The album met critical appraise upon release. In his review for AllMusic, Bret Love rose the subject of non-gamelan Indonesian music's obscurity in the West, calling the compilation an "accessible introduction to some very unfamiliar musical traditions".[2] Robert Christgau called it "crass" even by the standards of the series, and "at least as edutaining as Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?".[3] Writing for JazzTimes, Josef Woodard called it "as much a treat for the ears as it is a challenge to our preconceptions".[4] Both Christgau and Woodard contrasted the record with the 20-CD Music of Indonesia series by Smithsonian Folkways, comparing the latter's ethnomusicological focus with the Rough Guide's pop overtones.[3][4][5]
Track listing
References
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- Scottish Folk
- Italy
- Cumbia
- World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific
- South African Jazz
- Cuban Son
- Klezmer
- Mali & Guinea
- Hawaii
- Congolese Soukouss
- Scandinavia
- Wales
- Global Dance
- Indonesia
- Senegal & Gambia
- Oxfam Salsa
- Unwired: Africa
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