Reply To: Other music… *gasp*
My favorite French singer is Patricia Kaas. I just love her voice. I even watched a movie I might not have otherwise because she was in it.
About ten years ago I found a series of world music by EMI called hEMIspheres that I absolutely loved and bought everything in it. It was music of the world by continent then by individual countries then by music styles within the country, then by individual artists. I found so many artists I love that I might not have ever heard otherwise.
Like George Dalaras and Yosefa who is very similar to another favorite Ofra Haza not available through the series or Hedningarna.
I learned the different languages enough to understand the words and sometimes the liner notes.