ethno-pop
World-flavored pop music
Ethno-pop blends pop music structures with traditional or folk music elements from specific cultures, incorporating indigenous instruments, vocal styles, or rhythmic patterns into accessible, commercially oriented songs.
The genre gained international popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as artists like Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel incorporated African and world music influences.
Her ethno-pop sound mixes Balkan brass with electronic beats.
The term sometimes carries connotations of cultural appropriation when Western artists borrow from non-Western traditions.
Kodachrome singer-songwriter
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- tribalOf a clan
indigenous · diasporic · cosmopolitan · globalized · traditional-modern · authenticity · appropriation · sampling
Traditional international musical styles
- fusionJoining into unity
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
- worldbeatGlobal folk-pop hybrid
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
Afropop · indie folk · dancehall · reggaeton · zouk · highlife
Paul Simon
Kodachrome singer-songwriter
Peter Gabriel · Shakira · Khaled · Björk
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
tribal · indigenous · diasporic · cosmopolitan · globalized · traditional-modern · authenticity · appropriation · sampling · remix culture
world music
Traditional international musical styles
hybrid · Afropop · indie folk · dancehall · reggaeton · zouk · highlife
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- drum machineElectronic percussion simulator
- tablaIndian paired hand drums
- sitarIndian plucked lute
djembe · kora · accordion · bouzouki · balalaika · pan flute · didgeridoo · erhu · oud · kalimba
ethno-poptraditional folk music
Regional heritage songs
field recordings · roots music · traditional music · indigenous music
ethno-popmainstream pop
Widely popular commercial music
Top 40 · bubblegum pop · Eurodisco · synth-pop · electropop