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The Musical Art Of Revival (Or Mimicry Or Tribute Or Raw Material)
A growing number of artists are drawing "from the music of the sixties and seventies with great fidelity, sometimes from one performer in particular. The goal of these artists isn't just able mimicry, though a skeptic would say that the work begins there. But the method accepts a certain pragmatism of pop--that enough work has been done that starting from scratch is just plain inefficient." The New Yorker 09/06/10
A growing number of artists are drawing "from the music of the sixties and seventies with great fidelity, sometimes from one performer in particular. The goal of these artists isn't just able mimicry, though a skeptic would say that the work begins there. But the method accepts a certain pragmatism of pop--that enough work has been done that starting from scratch is just plain inefficient." The New Yorker 09/06/10
Posted August 30, 2010 06:36 AM
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