The Terminology
Author and broadcaster David Hepworth reflects on pop music's struggles with authenticity. Pop terminology has been a trap for frauds and a charter for pseuds.
Author and broadcaster David Hepworth reflects on pop music's struggles with authenticity.
2/5. From the elementary pop-rock schism of the '60s to the bewildering array of compounds mapping the contemporary musical landscape, pop terminology has been a trap for frauds and a charter for pseuds. there's only one term that works.
A Trevor Dann's Company production for BBC Radio 3.
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- Tue 12 Dec 201722:45BBC Radio 3
- Tue 12 Mar 201922:45BBC Radio 3
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