How Genres Shape Music with Kelefa Sanneh

Factually! with Adam Conover

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Many musicians and fans reject genre labels as narrow-minded restrictions on what music can be. But what if the opposite is true? What if our notions of genre actually shape what it means to make and enjoy music on a fundamental level? Joining Adam on the show today is journalist and music critic Kelefa Sanneh. Check out his book Major Labels at factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:07.2	Hello everyone, welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover.
1:09.7	Thank you for joining me.
1:11.4	This again, honestly, my favorite part of my whole week, when I talk to an incredible
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1:27.9	In this episode, we are going to talk about music.
1:31.7	Now music is like one of the most basic things that humans do.
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