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    Give Me That
    Vernon Chung
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    Let It Get
    Joe Keawe
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    Pua Na'u
    Tony C

Description

It's a measure of the West's ethnocentrism that North America rarely appears as a subcategory of World Music. The continent has a rich heritage of indigenous folk music that can sound otherworldly. The ritual drumming of Native Americans, Cajun fais-do-do's, and the hillbilly music of the Appalachian mountains -- which led to country and bluegrass -- are all unique expressions of a region.

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  • Hawaii
  • Cajun/Zydeco
  • Native American