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The term "World Beat" is a relatively new one and refers to music that is produced in the urban areas of the world for popular consumption. Much of it is rock inspired. It is usually performed by full-time musicians, copyrighted, distributed by big record labels on CDs and cassette tapes, and disseminated by the mass media. Some other labels for world beat include world ambient, global pop, tribal, ethnic fusion, techno-tribal. I find these links less reliable than those on the other pages. 
 

(1)  Links to musical regions of Africa. Includes popular music. 
http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/covermusic.html 

(2)  Afropop homepage. Very slow to load. http://www.afropop.org  

(3)  Eclectic site for popular music. http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/cliff/roots.html 

(4)  World music store - records and books. http://www.multiculturalmedia.com/  

(5)  Caribbean music and dance programs. Slow to load. http://www.caribmusic.com/ 

(6) Caribbean music store. 
http://caribbeanexpressions.com/keypages/caribbean_music_cds.htm  

(7)   Music store that features popular music performers from around the world. http://www.cdnow.com/ 

(8) Cuba site with links to musical performers, performance dates, and films. http://afrocubaweb.com  

(9) Site explains what World Music is. http://one-rbs-plaza.com/220wmusic/ 

(10) Yahoo's site for music with link to World Fusion. http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/World_Music/