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

4.0

This is a really interesting history of the last 70 years of popular music through the lens of genre. Sanneh ably traces developments in sound to larger sociological phenomenon and vice versa, and is at his best when he is doing that most specifically. Unfortunately, the final pages of the book take a panoramic view that ends up being contradictory to the delicate, interesting work that led up to it.