Can pop music survive?

The function of pop has shifted – from all-encompassing lucky dip to a training level for music fans. And the web makes it obviousThe graphical visualisations of the Guardian's History of Modern Music series show music as a timeline, a steady procession of achievements. But an evolutionary tree might be just as suitable, capturing modern music's propensity to bud and split. Branches of the tree – like hip-hop – become whole worlds of music with their own rules and subdivisions. Music seems...

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