Anyone who listens to pop radio regularly has most likely been hit with this realization at one point or one other - a ton of pop music sounds very similar. Therefore pop addicts discover themselves disadvantaged of one of the most necessa…

DAVID HAJDU'S NEW EBOOK bears a weighty, Tocquevillian subtitle — Pop Music in America — consistent with its aims but out of step with its tone. Historically, racism prevented music from crossing cultural strains. For hundreds of years, Eu…