Musical trends

Over the past couple of days I've heard on the radio not one, but two trends that will shape the future of music. First, other than maybe The Streets or Outkast, there hasn't been much new lately in the world of rap music (or at least not much that my lily-white ears have heard). But that could change when the world hears...Swiss rap music. Forget Straight Outta Compton, I'm talking Straight Outta Luzern--the real mean streets (or should I say die grausame Straßen?). The other trend that will soon be sweeping the music world? Well, reggae music's popularity has been on the wane for years, but that's because the world hasn't yet been introduced to French reggae music. What do you get when you combine Bob Marley and Edith Piaf, other than a really stoned chanteuse? World music, baby! Remember, you heard it here first. (Lest you think this is an exaggeration, remember the song that is taking Europe by storm this summer is a Romanian pop song sung separately by a Moldovan boy band and a former Miss Bucharest.)