Editing Worldbeat (section)

==History==
In the mid-1980s, eclectic musician Dan Del Santo hosted a "World Beat" show for the [[Austin, Texas]] radio station [[KUT]] that popularized the term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT58|title=Billboard|date=July 5, 1986}}</ref>{{rp|13}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/del-santo-dan |title=Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas |website=www.thsaonline.org |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref> Mainstream artists were incorporating world music influences into their sound and popularizing the "world" term at the time, notably [[David Byrne]], [[Peter Gabriel]] (who launched in 1982 the renowned and still running [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]] Festival (World Of Music Art and Dance) and [[Paul Simon]].<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="colorado"/> A number of worldbeat pioneers in the 1980s were from [[West Africa]], including [[Mory Kante]], [[Salif Keita]] and [[Youssou N'Dour]].<ref name="allmusic"/>

Initially, the most prominent influences came from [[Africa]],<ref>[https://www.jamplay.com/articles/1-general/161-the-powerful-influence-of-african-culture-on-modern-music The Powerful Influence of African Culture on Modern Music]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Worldbeat-Africa-David-Lyndon-Huff/dp/B00008IHPJ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=worldbeat+music&qid=1563997869&s=music&sr=1-4 David Lyndon Huff – Worldbeat Africa – Amazon.com]</ref> [[Asia]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Worldbeat-Asia-David-Lyndon-Huff/dp/B00390727W/ref=pd_sim_15_3/141-9527182-0100749?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00390727W&pd_rd_r=67b52aa5-0794-4751-879c-7d0554eb1857&pd_rd_w=Mfyip&pd_rd_wg=c1OZb&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=ZGGWSSJ2J4WJC02DVQ1F&psc=1&refRID=ZGGWSSJ2J4WJC02DVQ1F David Lyndon Huff – Worldbeat Asia – Amazon.com]</ref> [[South America]] (especially [[Brazil]]),<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cd_worldbeat-brazil_jezzro-huff-david-lyndon-huffjack-jezzro Worldbeat Brazil: Jezzro & Huff-Internet Archive]</ref> the [[Middle East]] and [[Central America]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.asa-tucson.org/july-30-baba-marimba-world-beat-music/ |title=July 30: "Baba Marimba: World Beat Music" — Arizona Senior Academy |access-date=2019-07-24 |archive-date=2022-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331112647/https://asa-tucson.org/july-30-baba-marimba-world-beat-music/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> though now encompass an ever-widening range of ethnic diversity. It has remained a thriving subgenre of popular and world music, while continuing to influence new artists, especially those appearing on today's growing roster of [[independent record label|indie record labels]] (artist examples cited in section 2 of this article). Some of worldbeat's most successfully integrated folk elements include [[bossa nova]], [[reggae]], [[Afrobeat]], [[mbaqanga]], [[qawwali]], [[highlife]], [[Raï|rai]], [[raga]], [[Samba]], [[flamenco]] and [[Tango (dance)|tango]].<ref name="colorado"/>