Retromania with Simon Reynolds

Is cultural innovation at risk when we indulge in retromania? Music critic Simon Reynolds joins us to talk about why songs today are more unimaginative when we have unprecedented access to decades' worth of past music, the loop of re-creating old sounds, and more. His new book is Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy