Across global music classification systems, the flexible, cross-cutting category that holds work that does not align with the rigid bounds of more commonly documented popular, folk, or art music genres creates space for creations that carry distinct, regionally rooted identities that resist easy labelling. This space, reserved for work that draws on layers of cultural, sonic, and creative lineage that may not map to the genre frameworks most frequently used to market and catalog music, centers the work of creators who build their craft outside of the narrow expectations that often come with being assigned to a single, widely recognized genre.