How recession pop music may be making a comeback

From CBC’s on the Coast with Gloria Macarenko

What is recession-pop? UBC Professor of Musicology David Metzer breaks it down on CBC’s On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko to learn how an economic downtown can influence music.

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