Rock and the Beat Generation

Rock and the Beat Generation

Interview #29: Elijah Wald

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Simon Warner
Dec 21, 2024
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A MUSICIAN, author and scholar, Elijah Wald is a highly-respected commentator on American popular music, whose books on Robert Johnson and Jelly Roll Morton have been well-received. His challenge to the orthodox history of the Fab Four in the US – How the Beatles Destroy Rock‘n’Roll – made waves in academic circles and beyond.

Now, his landmark title fro…

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