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  • Illinois scholar’s book examines how popular music connects to the past

    Jun 17, 2024 11:30 am by Jodi HeckelCultural Exploration
    Professor John Paul Meyers pictured with a Victrola record player from the collection at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, located in the Harding Band Building. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Professor John Paul Meyers pictured with a Victrola record player from the collection at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, located in the Harding Band Building. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Popular music is associated with youth, newness and originality. Yet such music has a deep relationship with the past through sampling, covers and commemorative reissues of decades-old recordings...