How Genres Shape Music with Kelefa Sanneh
Episode Date: October 27, 2021Many musicians and fans reject genre labels as narrow-minded restrictions on what music can be. But what if the opposite is true? What if our...
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290 episodes transcribedMany musicians and fans reject genre labels as narrow-minded restrictions on what music can be. But what if the opposite is true? What if our...
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