Reviews

Faking It: The Quest For Authenticity In Popular Music by Yuval Taylor, Hugh Barker

loujoseph's review against another edition

4.0

a solid set of essays about the idea of authenticity in music and how it's bullshit, another argument for making sure to look at quality first. the essay about billy joel and neil young being equally authentic is great, a good arguement for why authenticity a dumb way to measure something by.

jasoncomely's review against another edition

5.0

"Faking It" is a masterpiece of musicology (and even psychology). Barker attacks the topic of authenticity from many different angles. A fascinating, addictive read.