Not sure if this is what you have in mind by world music, but if you want something a little different you could try 'Nightingale': Japanese Art Songs sung by Yoshikazu Mera (Bis CD-889) Excellent recording, and the purest of countertenor voices (some of you may have hard him singing Bach cantatas.

If that is too classical, try 'Csardas' (Hungarian Gypsy Music played by Ferenc Santa and his Gypsy band: Naxos 8.550954- at �5 you can't go that far wrong)You should try this if you have never heard the sound of a tarogato - a bit like a clarinet, but more rustic)

An old favourite of mine is 'The Flight of the Condor' - a lovely selection of Latin American music used as a soundtrack for one of the BBC's best wildlife documentries of the 1980s (BBC CD 440)

michaelh