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The Essay

Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity

The rock'n'roll funeral

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Writer David Hepworth on pop music's struggles with authenticity. The rock and roll funeral. Does pop music have any place in the great ceremonies of life and death? Show more

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.