WORLD MUSIC

Congratulations to Tom Schnabel on his article on World Music, “International Bandstand” (Jan. 7). It does my heart good to know that this music that I have listened to and shared on my radio program, “The Nixon Tapes,” at KPFK for many years is finally getting the exposure it deserves. However, Uday Shankar made recordings of Indian music in the ‘40s that far from swarmed with insects and birds.

Tom, you should have gone to Vogue Books and Records in Westwood in addition to the UCLA Ethnomusicology Library. From 1964 until their unfortunate closing in the early ‘70s, they carried an extensive stock of Caribbean, African, Latin, Middle Eastern, Polynesian, Asian, European, popular, traditional and classical records.

Anyway, thanks again for helping spread the word about this vital musical world that will, one hopes, inspire people to accept and embrace the beauty of other cultures, concepts and peoples.

TOM NIXON, Los Angeles