My post above related to the USA's attitudes toward the cul-de-sac called World Music. It's interesting to note the U.K.'s points of view. As some have said here, it does seem to come down to what we like being uppermost in our minds and preferences. I don't see the recism of it, but some ethnocentricity is there---as is the human nature of it all. I don't feel the anger some exhibit here is justified much by the topic and it's lack of importance generally. It's simply not liking what the newbies have morphed things into.----Is what is!

Art Thieme