Indigenous music impacts modern genres

How Indigenous music impacts modern genres

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(PBS Voices) Despite what popular Western culture may have most of us thinking, the sound of Indigenous (American Indian, First Nations) communities isn’t limited to wooden flutes and tom-tom drums. Indigenous music permeates dubstep, jazz, and even death metal. Aspects of traditional Native sound make up the heartbeat of rock’n’roll. Host Cheyenne Bearfoot explains how Indigenous music extends through every modern genre.]

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