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Faking it
the quest for authenticity in popular music
By Barker, Hugh & Taylor, Yuval
- ISBN
- 978-0-39306-078-2
- Publisher
- New York : W. W. Norton, c2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2007
One-time musician and songwriter Barker and Taylor (I Was Born a Slave ) try to uncover the elusive sense of authenticity, honesty, and realness in American popular music. In their longest and most thoughtful chapter, they deal with the interplay of race and authenticity as exemplified by Mississippi John Hurt's rise to fame during the folk-blues boom of the 1960s. They then blast rock'n'roll for its inauthenticity, glorify Neil Young's alcohol-f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
