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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

The great musical genres of the 20th and 21st centuries

By Chris Moss

The music of the world has been constantly shaped by its wider contexts – from politics to economics and social movements. Here Chris Moss selects the most important genres to have been born across the last 100-plus years

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