Rob’s Reviews > Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music > Status Update
Rob
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Still great. Chapter on Elvis as a performer, knowingly artificial, doing updated blackface, while having been more a student of white music than black.
— May 30, 2026 03:52PM
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Rob
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Excellent so far. Is more about authenticity in relation to race than expected, but the authors are nuanced and unafraid to tread closely to controversy.
— May 11, 2026 09:04AM
