Friday 2 October is Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on to honour the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi.

For #JukeboxFridayNight on 2 October 2026 theme suggested last week was World Music for music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions" and including ethnic fusion and worldbeat, world fusion and global fusion' 🌍️ 🌏️ 🌐

The term World Music is problematic and othering though so a better alternative could be A Wider World.

Songs and music to centre non English heritage music from all round the world. Any objections or alternative suggestions? Please reply by 4.50pm NZDT or in next 5 minutes

Noting that WOMAD will return to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2027
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/first-names-revealed-for-the-return-of-womad-aotearoa-2027

Recognizing that some musicians and curators of music dislike the term "world music". To critics, "world music" is a parochial, catch-all marketing term for non-Western music of all genres.

"Even within the 'world music' community, nobody likes the term 'world music'. It carries loaded issues, from cultural colonialism to questions about what's 'authentic' and what isn't (and who might get to police such inquiries), and forces an incredible array of styles that don't have anything in common under the label of 'exotic Other.' In many people's imaginations, 'world music' means a kind of fairly hippy-ish, worldbeat fusion. It's a problematic, horrible term that satisfies absolutely no one."

The term "world music" (or "global," "international," and the like) is a Western musical category encompassing many different styles of music from other parts of the globe. It includes many forms of music that Westerners consider ethnic, indigenous music, folk music, neotraditional music, and ethnofusion music.

World music is defined in opposition, and relative, to Western popular music and Western art music. In market context, "ethnic" music is synthetically defined by a radius that extends from a Western center.