A review by miguelf
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh

4.0

Confession that I skipped the country chapter, but found the rock/punk/ and hip-hop chapters to be of good enough quality to keep listening. There’s a lot of wandering around as the topics covered are fairly vast, but Sanneh puts a good story together. His ‘test’ for being a volunteer at Harvard’s radio station was ridiculous but can totally understand having been in a similar type of environment and he's a very good writer in general and on music specifically.