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Using a new methodology based on the content and responses of 12 popular users, we determined measurements of relative influence on Twitter. Findings? Celebrities w/ most followers fostered more conversation and less retweetable content.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963 in Havana,Cuba) is a jazz pianist. A prolific virtuoso and composer, he fuses Cuban and American influences into a powerful and innovative hybrid.

St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician whose style merges jazzy house music with acid jazz. Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool & The Gang are among Ludovic's early influences.

Project Spirit IsReal is about taking ancient Hebrew prayers and combining them with music & rhythms from all over the world: Indian Varanassi, Middle Eastern Sufis, trance traditions, chants from Brazil... Just a small portion of the musical influences in this project.

The nomadic Roma are known as musicians wherever they travel. Their music incorporates a multitude of influences: Indian roots, and then Greek, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Czech, Slavic, Romanian, German, French, Spanish and Celtic touches.

Rembetika music is the music of the Greek Underground. It originated in the hashish dens of Pireaus and Thessaloniki around the turn of the 20th century and was influenced by oriental elements that came with the forced immigration of 2 million Greek refug

St. Germain is the stage name of Ludovic Navarre, a French musician whose style merges jazzy house music with acid jazz. Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Miles Davis and Kool & The Gang are among Ludovic's early influences.

Nearly a year in the making and brimming with a newfound focus on original material, Already Free is The Derek Trucks Band's natural evolution as they move forward integrating influences that span a variety of musical genres. Known for their blues roots, the group takes this album well beyond blues to incorporate the larger sounds of rock & soul. Already Free features a stirring cover of Bob Dylan's Down In The Flood as well as the new songs, Down Don't Bother Me and Get What You Deserve.

Thierry 'Titi' Robin, who is a multi-instrumentalist from southwestern France, whose music is influenced by the gypsy and North African communities of Angers.

An acoustic roots-based fusion, Nawal's unique sound combines influences from her native islands Comoros and far beyond. Her music is insightful, rebellious and compassionate, and steeped in the light of her Sufi ancestry. Each song its own universe - Aman is an invitation to dance, dream, meditate and soar over the Indian Ocean."

Today, Turkish music is a fusion of classical art music, folk songs, Ottoman military music, Islamic hymns and the norms of western art music. Classical Turkish music is the courtly music of the Ottoman sultans that is an offspring of the Arabic and Persian traditions. This music is not written down in scores; with only the maquam, which is a similar pattern of major-minor scale system, being marked down. Improvisation (taksim) is a traditional variation technique