90 - Heart of Class feat. Rhian E. Jones

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English - January 17, 2022 21:44 - 1 hour - 95.6 MB
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Rhian E. Jones, editor of Red Pepper and writer and editor of several books including two about music and one on popular culture, joins us to talk about social class as it pertains to UK popular music and its major influences.

The conversation starts roughly in the Twentieth Century with brass bands, Joe Hill, and music hall, then wends its way inexorably to the Thatcher years, the revolutionary truth about lemons, a song about a motorcycle, and eventually to the present day, Grime, and working class access to music.

We have put together a playlist to accompany this episode, available on Spotify and Apple Music.

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