It took years. But I learned to love the riches of Radio 3 | Lynsey Hanley

Minimalism, jazz, folk, classical – it all seemed impenetrable when I was hooked on the three-minute pop songArt is long, life is short; but not so short that you have to spend it cramming in culture. You can afford to take your time. Only recently have I learned that it's not going to go away if I slow down the pace and learn to appreciate it fully. When blues and ragtime mutated into jazz and rock'n'roll with African-Americans' migration to the US industrial north, the music speeded up ...

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