Was Joni the first to make "world music"? Just reading the Karen O'Brien book where she makes a point of saying how Joni beat Paul Simon (before Graceland), Sting and Peter Gabriel to it because of 'The Jungle Line' having Burundi drums etc, and 'The Boho Dance' (in The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975)
I'm not so sure whether she was first. Paul Simon recorded "El Condor Pasa" as early as 1970 with the Los Incas group, calypso style on "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", and reggae in "Mother and Child Reunion" (recorded in Kingston, Jamaica with local musicians in 1972). Does that classify as world music? I think it does :) Still, I agree that there weren't many others at the time. Joseph http://movies.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Movies - What's on at your local cinema?
