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3/4. Four observers comment on aspects of popular music. This edition features a debate in which musicologist and broadcaster David Hepworth considers the ever dwindling appeal of pop music for young people, who now buy fewer albums than consumers in their40s.

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David Hepworth

4/6. George Mellycontinues an adoring profile of Bessie Smith , the hugely influential blues and jazz singer whose 1920s and 30s recordings - from St Louis Blues to Empty Bed Blues and Alexander's Ragtime Band-remain potent and stirring classics of the genre.

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George Mellycontinues
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Bessie Smith

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