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Marathi literature (Marathi: मराठी साहित्य) is the body of literature of Marathi a Sanskrit-derived language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari script.

Jit (also known as jiti jit-jive and the Harare beat) is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a […]

A timesheet (or time sheet) is a method for recording the amount of a worker’s time spent on each job. Traditionally a sheet of paper with the data arranged in […]

Nagauta (長唄) literally long song is a kind of traditional Japanese music which accompanies the kabuki theater. They were developed around 1740. Influences included the vocal yōkyoku style used in […]

Ryūkōka (流行歌 literally Popular Song) is a Japanese musical genre. The term originally denoted any kind of popular music in Japanese. Therefore imayō which was promoted by Emperor Go-Shirakawa in […]

A bothy band is a musical group which comes from the farming culture of nineteenth century Scotland. At that time agriculture was relatively labour-intensive. As a result large farms often […]

Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.

Zamrock emerged in the 1970s in Zambia as a combination of Jimi Hendrix’s psychedelic rock and James Brown’s funk. Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya are generally credited as the creators of […]

Rock music has been a part of the music of Ireland since the 1960s when the British Invasion brought British blues psychedelic rock and other styles to the island. The […]

Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. According to many music critics its golden age years were […]