THE SOUNDING EARTH

Regions & albums

THE SOUNDING EARTH follows the world’s music by cultural sphere rather than by country. Here you can read about all 51 regions and 1806 recordings on the globe — and open any of them on the globe to listen.

Open the globeThreads of influence

Cultural spheres

• The CaribbeanCuba · Jamaica · Trinidad · Puerto Rico47 albums · 1925–2026
• Congo BasinDR Congo · Republic of the Congo32 albums · 1953–2024
• Sahel & MandeMali · Guinea · Niger44 albums · 1960–2026
• The BalkansSerbia · Bulgaria · North Macedonia · Romania · Greece32 albums · 1935–2022
• AnatoliaTurkey32 albums · 1955–2023
• BrazilRio · Salvador · Recife · Minas Gerais58 albums · 1939–2026
• SenegambiaSenegal · The Gambia30 albums · 1955–2023
• Gulf of GuineaGhana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon52 albums · 1928–2026
• Horn of AfricaEthiopia · Eritrea28 albums · 1951–2025
• Swahili CoastTanzania · Kenya · Zanzibar24 albums · 1929–2020
• Southern AfricaSouth Africa · Zimbabwe40 albums · 1958–2026
• The MaghrebMorocco · Algeria · Tunisia32 albums · 1932–2024
• EgyptCairo · Alexandria · Nubia30 albums · 1926–2026
• The LevantLebanon · Syria · Palestine · Israel38 albums · 1956–2025
• The CaucasusArmenia · Georgia · Azerbaijan27 albums · 1966–2022
• Iran (Persia)Tehran · Isfahan · Shiraz27 albums · 1930–2020
• Central Asia & MongoliaMongolia · Tuva · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan27 albums · 1973–2023
• North India & PakistanDelhi · Varanasi · Mumbai · Lahore · Kolkata33 albums · 1936–2021
• South IndiaChennai · Thanjavur · Bengaluru · Kerala26 albums · 1944–2024
• Java & BaliIndonesia (Java · Bali)28 albums · 1928–2025
• JapanTokyo · Osaka · Tsugaru · Okinawa57 albums · 1947–2026
• KoreaSeoul · Jeolla · Busan34 albums · 1951–2026
• IberiaAndalusia · Lisbon · Madrid36 albums · 1927–2026
• The Celtic FringeIreland · Scotland · Brittany36 albums · 1927–2025
• The Nordic CountriesNorway · Sweden · Finland · Sápmi · Iceland32 albums · 1956–2023
• The American SouthMississippi Delta · New Orleans · Memphis · Appalachia60 albums · 1924–2026
• MexicoMexico City · Jalisco · Veracruz · Oaxaca31 albums · 1934–2026
• Colombia & VenezuelaCaribbean coast · Cali · the Llanos30 albums · 1950–2026
• The AndesPeru · Bolivia · Ecuador · Chile26 albums · 1959–2021
• Río de la PlataArgentina · Uruguay39 albums · 1930–2026
• HawaiʻiOʻahu · Hawaiʻi Island · Maui29 albums · 1931–2025
• New YorkManhattan · the Bronx · Brooklyn67 albums · 1920–2025
• Detroit & ChicagoChicago · Detroit · the industrial Great Lakes33 albums · 1923–2022
• The American West CoastLos Angeles · San Francisco · Seattle47 albums · 1944–2025
• CanadaQuébec · Montréal · Toronto · the Arctic34 albums · 1930–2026
• Central America & the GarifunaBelize · Honduras · Guatemala · Nicaragua · Panama27 albums · 1952–2022
• EnglandLondon · Liverpool · Manchester · Bristol73 albums · 1955–2026
• France & BelgiumParis · Brussels · Marseille41 albums · 1936–2025
• ItalyNaples · Rome · Milan · Genoa32 albums · 1916–2025
• German-speaking EuropeBerlin · Düsseldorf · Cologne · Vienna34 albums · 1930–2026
• Central & Eastern EuropePoland · Czechia · Slovakia · Hungary34 albums · 1961–2025
• RussiaMoscow · St Petersburg · the Volga30 albums · 1925–2021
• UkraineKyiv · Lviv · the Carpathians · Odesa28 albums · 1972–2025
• ChinaShanghai · Beijing · Jiangnan · Xi’an · Chengdu26 albums · 1940–2020
• Hong Kong & TaiwanHong Kong · Taipei · Taiwan’s Indigenous villages33 albums · 1959–2026
• Mainland Southeast AsiaThailand · Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam26 albums · 1953–2023
• The PhilippinesManila · Luzon · the Visayas · Mindanao27 albums · 1955–2025
• Iraq & the Arabian PeninsulaBaghdad · the Gulf · the Hejaz · Yemen25 albums · 1927–2025
• Madagascar & the Indian OceanMadagascar · Réunion · Mauritius28 albums · 1973–2024
• Lusophone AfricaAngola · Mozambique · Cabo Verde · Guinea-Bissau29 albums · 1972–2023
• Australia & AotearoaSydney · Melbourne · Arnhem Land · Auckland35 albums · 1949–2026