What is world music and why do we have such a category?

World music is a category which is not defined by a single style because of so many international influences. Arguably, any form of music which is not the indigenous form of music to a certain country in their native language is considered to be, in that country, world music. There is a difficulty in clearly defining this category because according to Deanna Robinson, “international and local sounds are being fuzed together to create heterogeneous ‘world’ music”. This doesn’t mean that all local music is being lost to international homogenization, but rather that local music is further developing to incorporate sounds from other cultures. Thus, nearly all music could be interpreted as world music from its various influences. This category exists to create a place for people to find music from different countries and cultures which is not predominantly in English so it is not truly “world” music but “non-English” music.