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Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music

by Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music

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A veteran music journalist argues that the rise of music streaming and the consolidation of digital platforms is decimating the musical landscape, with dire consequences for the future of our culture ...

In The Endless Refrain, former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowell lays out how commercial and cultural forces have laid waste to the cultural ecosystems that have produced decades of great American music. From the scorched-earth demonetizing of artist revenue accomplished by Spotify and its ilk to the rise of dead artists "touring" via hologram, Rowell examines how a perfect storm of conditions have drained our shared musical landscape of vitality.

Combining personal memoir, intimate on-the-ground reporting, industry research, and cultural criticism, Rowell's book is a powerful indictment of a music culture gone awry, driven by conformity and subverted by the ways the internet and media influence what we listen to and how we listen to it.

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  • Melville House Brand
  • Nov 12, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 9781685891398 ISBN-13:
  • 168589139X ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 8.22 in * 0.74 in * 5.48 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: