Eastern Pop

Ravi Shankar

1912-1920 Choreographer and Sitar Player who worked with The Beatles

Bollywood

Mumbai film industry, Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Filmi

Sentimental songs and dance songs

Playback Singers

“voiceover” vocalists

Bhangra

Indian dance music that emphasizes percussion, socially-conscious lyrics, and distinctive beat

AR Rahman

Chaiyya Chaiyya (1998)

Googoosh

Iranian singer and actress who remained in Tehran after the Iranian Revolution and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers

Gharib eh Ashena

1990, Googoosh, Sung in Farsi, Unknown Familiar

Rai

Algerian folk music that evolved into 1980s pop style in france

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress, considered a national icon, dubbed "The voice of Egypt”

Hibari Misora

Japanese singer actress and cultural icon

Kanashii Sake

1966, Sung by Hibari Misora, enka style song, the name means sad sake

Kobushi

vocal vibrato oscillation used in Japanese pop

Enka

Japanese 20th Century nostalgic pop

Pentatonic scale

five-note scale used by many musical cultures

Karaoke

Japanese audience participatory instrumental soundtrack culture

 When Will You Return?

1978, Teresa Teng, controversy caused because there are two words that could be translated, you and army. The government believed they were agitators signing about the old government. 

K-Pop

South Korean style of music, dance, and imagery

Idol Culture

Systematically managed K-Pop artists and fan bases 

The cultural revolution

 (1966-1976) , Cultural freedoms and outside influences suppressed in china 

Cui Jian

One of the earliest Chinese rock stars, performed nothing to my name during the cultural revolution in Tiananmen square 

Nothing to My Name

1986, Sung by Cui Jian, opening synth pad

Tiananmen Square

Government crushed student pro democracy protest.

Yuanshengtai

Southwestern rural folk-influenced “natural style of music”

Shanren

A band that is known for yuanshengtai 

Gamelan

Traditional ensemble of metallophones 

Rhoma Irama

Islamic pop star and dangdut pioneer 

Qur’an dan Koran

1982, Rhoma Irama, Islam

Dangdut

Indonesian pop with tabla accents on 1st and 4th beats

Kroncong

Small lute from portugal (sometimes electric)