From America, to London, and back to America music evolves ( Archived) (4)

Once again, listen to the broadcast, don't just read the text, or you wont hear the music.

It is interesting how the Musicians in the US and UK have been passing Music for and back!
Even before the Revolutionary War!
You can hear the British ,and also the Irish Influence in the American Music way back.
Then the Latin and African influence added,is probably making the American Music one of the richest ones!

Music is a universal language. I think there is a part of the brain that processes music which is more evolved in some cultures than in others. European and African cultures seem to have it while Asian and pre-Columbian cultures of North America don't.
Several years ago I went to see the Kodo Drummers of Japan and at first it was very interesting but after about 45 minutes I found myself starving for some complex rhythms because there were none. Another time a gf brought me to a pow wow and there were dancers all dressed up in festive costumes dancing to a big drum incessantly going boom boom boom boom boom boom. It was wonderful to see but I was wishing I had a pair of drum sticks because I would have gone over to the drummer and ripped into some fast triplets and paradiddles and flams just to get my sanity back.