American music has been moving so fast for the past hundred years or so that it has hardly had a moment to look back. Sure, ragtime was great -- but listen to this. Big bands? Elvis! Hard rock? Soft rock. Acid rock. Get with it. Even a Mozart would be only as good as his latest hit in such a hip-hop marketplace as this.
Yet, either because it's the '90s now and rearview time, or because the stuff is too good to ignore any longer, many Americans have been looking back in spite of themselves at the incredible trove of Broadway...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In