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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 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3.

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