"...bound to become a key text in its field..." -- Popular Music"...Timothy Taylor opens up many new perspectives...in this excellent study. ...this is a valuable addition to a growing literature." -- RPM"Global Pob has much to offer readers interested in the evolution of the world-music market and raises important questions about ethnographic method." -- Notes"Finally, an easily digestible yet academically sound tome that gathers up and explains this sprawling popular phenomenon called world music. Timothy D. Taylor. . . takes the right approach from the get-go." -- Dirty LinenMagazine"[An] erudite exploration of the philosophies behind the fastest growing music market." -- Shift"Tim Taylor's Global Pop presents detailed and dazzling original interpretations of popular music from the four corners of the globe." -- George Lipsitz, University ofCalifornia, San Diego