Is there such a thing today as music that's meaningfully new? In
our contemporary era of remixing and retro styles, cynics and
romantics alike cry "It's all been done before" while record labels
and media outlets proclaim that everything is new. Coded into our
daily conversations about popular music, newness as an artistic and
cultural value is too often taken for granted. Nothing Has Been
Done Before instigates a fresh debate about newness in American
pop, rock 'n' roll, rap, folk, and R&B made since the turn of
the millennium. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that
combines music criticism, philosophy, and the literary essay,
Robert Loss follows the stories of a diverse cast of musicians who
seek the new by wrestling with the past, navigating the market, and
speaking politically. The transgressions of Bob Dylan's "Love and
Theft". The pop spectacle of Katy Perry's 2015 Super Bowl halftime
show. Protest songs against the war in Iraq. Nothing Has Been Done
Before argues that performance heard in a historical context always
creates a possibility for newness, whether it's Kendrick Lamar's
multi-layered To Pimp a Butterfly, the Afrofuturist visions of
Janelle Monae, or even a Guided By Voices tribute concert in a
local dive bar. Provocative and engaging, Nothing Has Been Done
Before challenges nothing less than how we hear and think about
popular music-its power and its potential.
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