THE SOUNDING EARTH — A Globe You Can Listen To

An interactive globe for exploring the world’s music by cultural sphere rather than by country, from the 1920s to today.

Regions & albums (text version) · Threads of influence

• The Caribbean — Cuba · Jamaica · Trinidad · Puerto Rico (47)
• Congo Basin — DR Congo · Republic of the Congo (32)
• Sahel & Mande — Mali · Guinea · Niger (44)
• The Balkans — Serbia · Bulgaria · North Macedonia · Romania · Greece (32)
• Anatolia — Turkey (32)
• Brazil — Rio · Salvador · Recife · Minas Gerais (58)
• Senegambia — Senegal · The Gambia (30)
• Gulf of Guinea — Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon (52)
• Horn of Africa — Ethiopia · Eritrea (28)
• Swahili Coast — Tanzania · Kenya · Zanzibar (24)
• Southern Africa — South Africa · Zimbabwe (40)
• The Maghreb — Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia (32)
• Egypt — Cairo · Alexandria · Nubia (30)
• The Levant — Lebanon · Syria · Palestine · Israel (38)
• The Caucasus — Armenia · Georgia · Azerbaijan (27)
• Iran (Persia) — Tehran · Isfahan · Shiraz (27)
• Central Asia & Mongolia — Mongolia · Tuva · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan (27)
• North India & Pakistan — Delhi · Varanasi · Mumbai · Lahore · Kolkata (33)
• South India — Chennai · Thanjavur · Bengaluru · Kerala (26)
• Java & Bali — Indonesia (Java · Bali) (28)
• Japan — Tokyo · Osaka · Tsugaru · Okinawa (57)
• Korea — Seoul · Jeolla · Busan (34)
• Iberia — Andalusia · Lisbon · Madrid (36)
• The Celtic Fringe — Ireland · Scotland · Brittany (36)
• The Nordic Countries — Norway · Sweden · Finland · Sápmi · Iceland (32)
• The American South — Mississippi Delta · New Orleans · Memphis · Appalachia (60)
• Mexico — Mexico City · Jalisco · Veracruz · Oaxaca (31)
• Colombia & Venezuela — Caribbean coast · Cali · the Llanos (30)
• The Andes — Peru · Bolivia · Ecuador · Chile (26)
• Río de la Plata — Argentina · Uruguay (39)
• Hawaiʻi — Oʻahu · Hawaiʻi Island · Maui (29)
• New York — Manhattan · the Bronx · Brooklyn (67)
• Detroit & Chicago — Chicago · Detroit · the industrial Great Lakes (33)
• The American West Coast — Los Angeles · San Francisco · Seattle (47)
• Canada — Québec · Montréal · Toronto · the Arctic (34)
• Central America & the Garifuna — Belize · Honduras · Guatemala · Nicaragua · Panama (27)
• England — London · Liverpool · Manchester · Bristol (73)
• France & Belgium — Paris · Brussels · Marseille (41)
• Italy — Naples · Rome · Milan · Genoa (32)
• German-speaking Europe — Berlin · Düsseldorf · Cologne · Vienna (34)
• Central & Eastern Europe — Poland · Czechia · Slovakia · Hungary (34)
• Russia — Moscow · St Petersburg · the Volga (30)
• Ukraine — Kyiv · Lviv · the Carpathians · Odesa (28)
• China — Shanghai · Beijing · Jiangnan · Xi’an · Chengdu (26)
• Hong Kong & Taiwan — Hong Kong · Taipei · Taiwan’s Indigenous villages (33)
• Mainland Southeast Asia — Thailand · Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam (26)
• The Philippines — Manila · Luzon · the Visayas · Mindanao (27)
• Iraq & the Arabian Peninsula — Baghdad · the Gulf · the Hejaz · Yemen (25)
• Madagascar & the Indian Ocean — Madagascar · Réunion · Mauritius (28)
• Lusophone Africa — Angola · Mozambique · Cabo Verde · Guinea-Bissau (29)
• Australia & Aotearoa — Sydney · Melbourne · Arnhem Land · Auckland (35)