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Music & fashion, 5th of 6 -- The colour of money (55min)

They say that classical music is dead. Was it the fashion-obsessed recording industry that killed it? Recordings have popularised a lot of music, like the blues, but at what price? Why have certain types of music been fashionable at certain moments in history, and what might this tell us about the way in which human beings hear, appreciate and use music? Presenter Andrew Ford explores the transitory (and often unmusical) nature of fame.
Read entire article at Australian Broadcasting Corp, Radio National "Big Ideas"