In this first issue of "World Music", we'll see how a very unassuming and somewhat invisible music movement managed to give a forlorn era a true artisitic compass.

Collecting things is a multi-faceted passion.

Stamps, baseball cards, minerals; rare are the objects that have not drawn anyone, somewhere in this world, to cultivate a voracious craving for their accumulation, sometimes at the cost of financial and personal investments defying all form of rationality.

Anyway, for my part, I simply enjoy mentally listing out the myriad of musical movements which have marked the second half of the 20th century since the invention of pop music in the 1950s.

This might appear as a slightly pedantic hobby, but it does present the perks of being much more cost-efficient.

If I’m sharing this with you today, it’s merely because I’ve noticed that a very peculiar element frequently emerges from this slightly obsessive hobby of mine : the UK’s legendary ability to continuously reinvent themselves without ever having to follow in the footsteps of their peers.

So without further ado, let’s get a more thorough insight into the last century’s most emblematic music movements, which will enable us to realize how “Old Blightly” have always had their say despite their frequent fits of rivalries with America.