World music genres

Start with the footwork of flamenco, the accordion in forró or the pulse of Afrobeat. Each name opens onto artists and a musical tradition of its own.

764 genres

accordeon100 artists
accordion band53 artists
Adaha0 artists
african51 artists
african percussion106 artists
afrikaans249 artists
afrikaans gqom39 artists
afro psych68 artists
Afro-akpala-funk1 artist
afro-cuban percussion64 artists
afro-cuban traditional110 artists
afrobeat466 artists
afrobeat brasileiro62 artists
afrobeat fusion49 artists
afrobeats464 artists
afrofuturism99 artists
afrofuturismo brasileiro76 artists
Afrojuju1 artist
Afromanding7 artists
afropop238 artists
Agidigbo Music0 artists
agronejo80 artists
akordeon40 artists
Al-Bayda Music0 artists
albanian iso polyphony50 artists
algerian world music36 artists
alpine yodeling119 artists
amapiano291 artists
Ambasse bey1 artist
ancient mediterranean32 artists
andean flute50 artists
angolan world music51 artists
Antsa1 artist
Apala5 artists
Arewa1 artist
arpa grande58 artists
arpa paraguaya53 artists
arrocha115 artists
arrochadeira70 artists
Assiko4 artists
australian indigenous music174 artists
axe179 artists
azonto99 artists
azontobeats164 artists
bachata213 artists
bachata dominicana112 artists
baglama71 artists
bagpipe151 artists
bagpipe marching band76 artists
baiao50 artists
baithak gana53 artists
Baladi1 artist
balafon50 artists
balkan brass94 artists
banda287 artists
banda carnavalera202 artists
banda de viento50 artists
banda guanajuatense50 artists
banda jalisciense83 artists
banda militar56 artists
banda peruana39 artists
banda sinaloense120 artists
bandinhas91 artists
bandolim52 artists
bandoneon49 artists
bandura36 artists
Bango1 artist
bansuri54 artists
baoule40 artists
barcadi67 artists
Basesa1 artist
batak191 artists
batidao romantico39 artists
batswana traditional109 artists
Batuque4 artists
benga51 artists
Biguine2 artists
bikutsi68 artists
bloco52 artists
bolero137 artists
bolero cubano73 artists
bolero mexicano72 artists
bolivian world music13 artists
bomba44 artists
bomba y plena51 artists
bongo flava137 artists
Bongo Music1 artist
boogaloo54 artists
bossanova284 artists
bouzouki59 artists
bozlak53 artists
brass band brasileiro41 artists
brazilian percussion56 artists
brega147 artists
brega funk142 artists
brega paraense77 artists
brega romantico58 artists
brega saudade60 artists
british world music150 artists
bulgarian world music5 artists
Burger Highlife1 artist
burundian traditional39 artists
cameroonian world music24 artists
canadian indigenous music139 artists
cancion melodica54 artists
candombe66 artists
Candombe beat1 artist
candomble70 artists
cantautor160 artists
cantautora argentina131 artists
cantautora mexicana62 artists
cante alentejano50 artists
cante flamenco199 artists
canti alpini50 artists
canto popular uruguayo76 artists
cape verdean world music33 artists
capoeira143 artists
carimbo50 artists
carnatic146 artists
carnatic instrumental89 artists
carnatic vocal108 artists
carnaval cadiz93 artists
cerkes muzikleri56 artists
cha-cha-cha108 artists
chaabi algerien48 artists
chaabi marocain102 artists
Chakacha1 artist
chalga163 artists
chamame167 artists
chamame brasilero50 artists
champeta110 artists
chant basque56 artists
charanga60 artists
charango61 artists
chicago mexican55 artists
chicha98 artists
chilena122 artists
chimurenga29 artists
chinese instrumental49 artists
chinese wind75 artists
choro133 artists
choro contemporaneo52 artists
christian afrobeat120 artists
cifteli51 artists
classic afrobeat45 artists
classic sierreno203 artists
coco48 artists
Coladeira16 artists
colombian world music389 artists
combos nacionales50 artists
concurso de talentos argentino93 artists
Congolese music1 artist
copla86 artists
corrido355 artists
corridos adictivos82 artists
corridos alternativos154 artists
corridos belicos57 artists
corridos clasicos72 artists
corridos cristianos85 artists
corridos tumbados255 artists
coupe-decale144 artists
cuarteto189 artists
cuatro puertorriqueno39 artists
cuatro venezolano49 artists
cuban rumba51 artists
cuban world music135 artists
cubaton181 artists
cueca chilena117 artists
cumbia230 artists
cumbia 42060 artists
cumbia amazonica44 artists
cumbia andina mexicana50 artists
cumbia boliviana74 artists
cumbia chilena155 artists
cumbia colombiana regia49 artists
cumbia cristiana54 artists
cumbia del sureste107 artists
cumbia ecuatoriana109 artists
cumbia editada62 artists
cumbia funk41 artists
cumbia lagunera81 artists
cumbia paraguaya55 artists
cumbia peruana106 artists
cumbia pop167 artists
cumbia ranchera197 artists
cumbia salvadorena73 artists
cumbia santafesina69 artists
cumbia sonidera212 artists
cumbia sonorense60 artists
cumbia surena49 artists
cumbia uruguaya99 artists
cumbia villera178 artists
danzon58 artists
darbuka68 artists
deep latin alternative98 artists
deep norteno177 artists
deep rai101 artists
dembow114 artists
dembow dominicano145 artists
dhrupad51 artists
didgeridoo75 artists
dizi62 artists
djembe63 artists
dominican world music150 artists
Dopé1 artist
dragspel107 artists
duduk57 artists
duranguense129 artists
edo old school60 artists
Egwu Ekpili1 artist
egyptian traditional58 artists
egyptian world music24 artists
entehno104 artists
erhu73 artists
ethiopian traditional107 artists
ethiopian world music3 artists
ethnomusicology49 artists
euskal musica159 artists
fado223 artists
fado antigo64 artists
fado de coimbra51 artists
fado instrumental54 artists
Famo Music1 artist
Fante Osibisaaba0 artists
finnish tango65 artists
flamenco336 artists
flamenco fusion55 artists
flamenco guitar144 artists
flamenco urbano206 artists
folklore argentino210 artists
folklore boliviano150 artists
folklore chileno66 artists
folklore ecuatoriano65 artists
folklore nuevo argentino89 artists
folklore panameno53 artists
folklore paraguayo142 artists
folklore peruano76 artists
folklore uruguayo53 artists
folklore venezolano56 artists
folklore veracruzano64 artists
forro344 artists
forro de favela51 artists
forro gospel41 artists
forro instrumental39 artists
forro manauara37 artists
forro tradicional167 artists
frafra37 artists
frevo51 artists
fuji82 artists
Funacola1 artist
funana105 artists
funk carioca252 artists
funk mtg397 artists
Gaana1 artist
gaita zuliana52 artists
gamelan99 artists
gayageum50 artists
Gbégbé1 artist
Gbema0 artists
gengetone88 artists
ghanaian alternative69 artists
Ghanaian Highlife1 artist
ghanaian traditional58 artists
ghanaian world music69 artists
gnawa103 artists
goralski73 artists
gospel amapiano70 artists
Gota Music0 artists
gqom201 artists
greek guitar49 artists
greek world music4 artists
griot76 artists
grupera174 artists
gruperas inmortales96 artists
grupero romantico51 artists
guaracha126 artists
guinean world music5 artists
guitarra andina48 artists
guitarra argentina57 artists
guitarra mexicana50 artists
guitarra portuguesa59 artists
gumbe50 artists
guqin49 artists
guzheng52 artists
haitian world music7 artists
harmonikka49 artists
haryanvi ragni103 artists
highlife106 artists
hindustani instrumental99 artists
hindustani vocal137 artists
hiplife113 artists
ho munda41 artists
horo59 artists
huapango53 artists
huayno109 artists
huayno peruano67 artists
huayno popular45 artists
hula46 artists
humppa61 artists
huqin50 artists
Igbo Highlife1 artist
indian percussion63 artists
indian violin54 artists
indian world music72 artists
indonesian bamboo51 artists
Inkiranya1 artist
irish accordion60 artists
irish flute70 artists
irish rebel song89 artists
Isicathamiya6 artists
israeli mediterranean59 artists
israeli world music10 artists
italian mandolin48 artists
ivorian world music9 artists
javanese gamelan54 artists
Jit3 artists
joropo60 artists
jovem guarda65 artists
juju41 artists
kaba gaida63 artists
kabyle121 artists
kabyle moderne56 artists
kadongo kamu67 artists
Kakagbo1 artist
Kalindula8 artists
kapa haka52 artists
karadeniz turkuleri116 artists
kaseko76 artists
kavkaz90 artists
kenyan traditional51 artists
khayal150 artists
khmer52 artists
Kidandali11 artists
Kidumbak1 artist
kizomba263 artists
kizomba antigas83 artists
kizomba cabo-verdiana59 artists
klapa114 artists
klezmer107 artists
koligeet48 artists
Konkoma0 artists
kora100 artists
korean minyo51 artists
koto58 artists
kritika96 artists
kuduro109 artists
kuduro antigo69 artists
kwaito142 artists
Kwassa Kwassa1 artist
Laba laba1 artist
lai hla82 artists
lambadao46 artists
landler62 artists
latin256 artists
latin afrobeat67 artists
latin alternative228 artists
latincore173 artists
latinx alternative65 artists
lezginka57 artists
maghreb31 artists
magyar mulatos57 artists
mahraganat195 artists
Majika1 artist
makossa157 artists
Makossa-soukous3 artists
Malhun1 artist
malian traditional56 artists
malian world music19 artists
mallet58 artists
maloya83 artists
Maluf Music1 artist
mambo106 artists
mambo chileno68 artists
man's orchestra330 artists
Mangaliba1 artist
mapouka48 artists
mappila paattu74 artists
maracatu34 artists
mariachi291 artists
mariachi cristiano65 artists
marimba58 artists
marimba de guatemala63 artists
marimba mexicana66 artists
marimba orquesta59 artists
marinera53 artists
marrabenta49 artists
maskandi237 artists
mauritian world music5 artists
mbalax153 artists
Mbaqanga9 artists
mbira58 artists
Mbube9 artists
meenawati95 artists
merengue241 artists
merengue tipico55 artists
mexican son75 artists
mexican traditional49 artists
meyxana41 artists
Mgqashiyo3 artists
min'yo133 artists
Mizik rasin1 artist
mizrahi89 artists
modern salsa79 artists
morna116 artists
moroccan traditional77 artists
moroccan world music23 artists
mozambican world music15 artists
mpb223 artists
mpb gospel59 artists
Mugithi1 artist
murga51 artists
musica acoriana59 artists
musica afroperuana68 artists
musica aguascalentense40 artists
musica alagoana52 artists
musica amapaense52 artists
musica andina157 artists
musica andina chilena41 artists
musica andina colombiana87 artists
musica angolana188 artists
musica aragonesa66 artists
musica ayacuchana56 artists
musica baiana91 artists
musica bajacaliforniana69 artists
musica brasiliense124 artists
musica cabo-verdiana67 artists
musica campechana40 artists
musica campista65 artists
musica canaria53 artists
musica capixaba97 artists
musica catalana110 artists
musica catarinense87 artists
musica cearense133 artists
musica chiapaneca64 artists
musica chihuahuense73 artists
musica coahuilense83 artists
musica colimense40 artists
musica colombiana instrumental69 artists
musica costarricense94 artists
musica costena168 artists
musica duranguense46 artists
musica ecuatoguineana85 artists
musica folk asturiana92 artists
musica gaucha73 artists
musica gaucha tradicionalista217 artists
musica goiana53 artists
musica guerrerense81 artists
musica guineense51 artists
musica hondurena53 artists
musica indigena brasileira53 artists
musica indigena mexicana61 artists
musica jalisciense62 artists
musica llanera168 artists
musica londrinense58 artists
musica madeirense59 artists
musica mallorquina88 artists
musica mapuche50 artists
musica maranhense53 artists
musica mato-grossense44 artists
musica menorquina53 artists
musica mexicana364 artists
musica michoacana94 artists
musica mocambicana85 artists
musica mogiana59 artists
musica morelense40 artists
musica nayarita51 artists
musica neoleonesa65 artists
musica nicaraguense63 artists
musica nortena chilena50 artists
musica nublensina49 artists
musica oaxaquena83 artists
musica occitana70 artists
musica paraibana68 artists
musica paranaense85 artists
musica pernambucana89 artists
musica piauiense69 artists
musica pitiusa57 artists
musica poblana48 artists
musica popular amazonense111 artists
musica popular colombiana134 artists
musica popular mineira77 artists
musica popular paraense159 artists
musica popular uruguaya78 artists
musica portuguesa contemporanea63 artists
musica potiguar62 artists
musica prehispanica50 artists
musica purepecha87 artists
musica queretana42 artists
musica quintanarroense39 artists
musica rondoniense61 artists
musica roraimense45 artists
musica sergipana89 artists
musica sinaloense65 artists
musica sonorense74 artists
musica sudcaliforniana42 artists
musica sul-mato-grossense71 artists
musica tabasquena56 artists
musica tamaulipeca40 artists
musica timor-leste45 artists
musica tlaxcalteca41 artists
musica tradicional cubana228 artists
musica tradicional dominicana86 artists
musica triste brasileira123 artists
musica urbana oaxaquena42 artists
musica valenciana51 artists
musica wixarika53 artists
musica yucateca55 artists
musique mahoraise50 artists
musique mariage algerien80 artists
musique touareg51 artists
musique traditionnelle congolaise75 artists
musique urbaine kinshasa58 artists
Mutuashi1 artist
nadaswaram49 artists
naija old school67 artists
narodnozabavna65 artists
native american contemporary54 artists
native american flute68 artists
native american spiritual75 artists
naturjodel73 artists
navajo51 artists
ndombolo62 artists
neo kyma49 artists
neo-manele49 artists
neoperreo145 artists
neotango56 artists
new tejano177 artists
new zealand world music5 artists
ney52 artists
ngoni51 artists
Nigerian Highlife1 artist
nigerian world music240 artists
no beat158 artists
norteno394 artists
norteno-sax148 artists
norwegian world music8 artists
nova mpb318 artists
nova musica amazonense65 artists
nova musica carioca50 artists
nova musica maranhense129 artists
nova musica paulista86 artists
nova musica pernambucana151 artists
nu-cumbia100 artists
nueva cancion91 artists
nueva trova chilena53 artists
nuevo flamenco112 artists
nuevo folklore argentino60 artists
nuevo folklore mexicano54 artists
nuevo tango107 artists
oberkrainer74 artists
Odumodu0 artists
Ogene0 artists
ohangla39 artists
Oja0 artists
old school highlife72 artists
organetto64 artists
orquesta cubana84 artists
orquesta tipica137 artists
orquesta tropical46 artists
orquestas de galicia73 artists
Oviritje8 artists
oyun havasi71 artists
pagode198 artists
pagode baiano99 artists
pagode novo219 artists
palm wine guitar51 artists
Pandza5 artists
panpipe102 artists
pansori51 artists
partido alto39 artists
perreo116 artists
peruvian world music61 artists
phleng phuea chiwit53 artists
piano mpb51 artists
pibroch57 artists
pipa57 artists
piseiro79 artists
plena uruguaya64 artists
polca paraguaya48 artists
polka150 artists
polka nortena51 artists
pop flamenco246 artists
pop reggaeton81 artists
Pop-makossa4 artists
popullore jugu79 artists
porro112 artists
powwow113 artists
previa243 artists
punk urbano114 artists
punta57 artists
pygmy music67 artists
qanun56 artists
Rababa1 artist
rai145 artists
rai algerien97 artists
rakugo56 artists
ranchera211 artists
rasiya36 artists
Rebita1 artist
reggaeton370 artists
reggaeton chileno108 artists
reggaeton colombiano71 artists
reggaeton cristiano65 artists
reggaeton flow186 artists
reggaeton mexicano59 artists
regional mexicano femenil111 artists
rif232 artists
rkt121 artists
roda de samba51 artists
romanian world music6 artists
romantico164 artists
rondalla52 artists
rumba158 artists
rumba catalana69 artists
rumba congolaise64 artists
rumeli turkuleri82 artists
russian world music20 artists
rwandan traditional71 artists
sad sierreno128 artists
Sakara4 artists
salay61 artists
Salegy7 artists
salsa335 artists
salsa choke59 artists
salsa colombiana60 artists
salsa cristiana61 artists
salsa cubana65 artists
salsa international201 artists
salsa peruana67 artists
salsa puertorriquena95 artists
salsa urbana50 artists
salsa venezolana54 artists
samba216 artists
samba de roda39 artists
samba gospel50 artists
samba moderno164 artists
samba paulista82 artists
samba reggae43 artists
samba-enredo211 artists
samba-jazz73 artists
samba-rock72 artists
sami228 artists
sanfona66 artists
santoor36 artists
sarangi50 artists
sarod56 artists
schwyzerorgeli70 artists
scottish smallpipe51 artists
sefardi84 artists
sega167 artists
sega mauricien99 artists
semba110 artists
senegalese traditional53 artists
senegalese world music15 artists
sertanejo182 artists
sertanejo gospel102 artists
sertanejo pop205 artists
sertanejo tradicional194 artists
sertanejo universitario194 artists
sevillanas81 artists
sgija111 artists
shaabi49 artists
shakuhachi66 artists
shamisen49 artists
shehnai39 artists
sierreno242 artists
sindhi85 artists
sitar76 artists
slack-key guitar76 artists
slaskie piosenki117 artists
son cubano134 artists
son cubano clasico77 artists
son jarocho88 artists
Son-batá1 artist
soukous184 artists
south african world music227 artists
Stambeli Music1 artist
steelpan103 artists
sungura76 artists
syro-aramaic chant53 artists
taarab63 artists
Tabanka1 artist
tabla79 artists
taiko57 artists
taiwanese indigenous music125 artists
Takamba1 artist
tallava101 artists
tamazight190 artists
tamborazo80 artists
tamburica128 artists
tango328 artists
tango cancion66 artists
tanzanian traditional67 artists
tanzlmusi139 artists
Tcha tcho0 artists
Tchink-system1 artist
techengue80 artists
tecnobanda92 artists
tecnobrega108 artists
tejano232 artists
tex-mex174 artists
tierra caliente249 artists
Tigre Music0 artists
timba219 artists
tinku64 artists
tipico52 artists
tololoche49 artists
trallalero39 artists
trekkspill103 artists
trikiti57 artists
trinidadian world music3 artists
trio batak74 artists
trio cubano75 artists
trio huasteco159 artists
trival55 artists
trombone brasileiro36 artists
tropical119 artists
tropical alternativo51 artists
tropical tecladista90 artists
tropicalia42 artists
trova193 artists
trova mexicana52 artists
Tsapiky3 artists
tuareg guitar50 artists
tulum38 artists
tuna80 artists
tuna universitaria100 artists
tunantada38 artists
turkish instrumental72 artists
turkish world music3 artists
ugandan traditional52 artists
ugandan world music17 artists
ukulele93 artists
umbanda98 artists
underground amapiano133 artists
urban kiz144 artists
urbano chileno122 artists
urbano espanol181 artists
urbano latino351 artists
urbano mexicano93 artists
vallenato135 artists
vallenato moderno135 artists
vaqueiro50 artists
veena51 artists
velha guarda210 artists
vietnamese bolero101 artists
vintage hawaiian96 artists
vintage tango187 artists
viola caipira89 artists
waiata maori128 artists
wassoulou58 artists
world fusion107 artists
xhosa66 artists
yemeni traditional65 artists
Yo Pop1 artist
yoik154 artists
yu-mex42 artists
Ziglibithy1 artist
Zilin1 artist
zilizopendwa78 artists
zillertal216 artists
zimbabwean world music6 artists
zohioliin duu52 artists
zouglou177 artists