Exploring the evolution of western popular music, and the social, cultural and technological contexts it exists within. this podcast aims to study and examine an oft-ignored but very prevalent aspect of music history: popular music. While degraded as ‘low art’, popular music, by definition, passes the test of common approval and thus is a powerful tool for understanding the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time. Join me as I dive into four of the most predominant genres of the 20th century - jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop - and analyse what their successes mean to us.
A Brief History of Music
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Exploring the evolution of western popular music, and the social, cultural and technological contexts it exists within. this podcast aims to study and examine an oft-ignored but very prevalent aspect of music history: popular music. While degraded as ‘low art’, popular music, by definition, passes the test of common approval and thus is a powerful tool for understanding the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time. Join me as I dive into four of the most predominant genres of the 20th century - jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop - and analyse what their successes mean to us.
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November 30, 2020
Hip Hop, Identity and Keeping it Real (Trailer)
Hip-hop is more than a music: MCing, DJing, B-Boying and graffiti writing are the four core pillars to the inner-city African-American subculture, and hip-hop music reflects that strong sense of identity. Rappers prize “keeping it real” to their roots, and that includes making use of a new technology - the sampler - to rap over. Here we explore into the links between African-American identity and culture, and to the technological advancements that made their music possible.
November 30, 2020
Rock, Rebellion and the Teenager
The word “rock” means many different things: clean-cut mop-tops, psychedelia and hippies, angry punks - but one thing rock is irrevocably tied to is rebellion. As a music primarily oriented to teenagers sick of their parents’ polite crooners and seeking more wild sounds, it has found itself tied to several anti-establishment counterculture movements. Today we look at how the conventions of rock have changed greatly over the years, but how the underlying song remains the same.
November 30, 2020
Black Music, Stories and the Blues (Trailer)
Blues is a story of slavery, struggle and liberation, a great musical tradition originated in Africa and indelibly shaped by the African-American experience. In this episode we explore how early blues was derived from spirituals, work songs and field hollers, the dark metaphor behind the crossroads story, and discuss the cultural appropriation of black blues music by white musicians in the 60s and 70s.
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