And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd review the Proust of music
Briefly

"...[Joe Boyd] has come to understand Seeger's response... His record collection was a clue... expansively arranged in alphabetical order by country, far and wide."
"...although music may derive from heritage, it is by definition sans frontieres, and the book explores how rhythms, scales, and melodies flowed across the globe..."
"Afro-Cuban music reverberated in all directions... Later, in New Orleans, multiple forces were coming together to create the soundtrack to the first half of the western hemisphere's 20th century."
Read at www.theguardian.com
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