Kelefa Sanneh

10 Podcast Episodes

The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio

The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio

Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Super... Read more

19 Jul 2022

27mins

Music critic Kelefa Sanneh says music genres are communities

Music critic Kelefa Sanneh says music genres are communities

This hour, we’re joined by Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. We talk ab... Read more

24 May 2022

50mins

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John Azumah and Kelefa Sanneh: Building Christian-Muslim Understanding in Memory of Lamin Sanneh

John Azumah and Kelefa Sanneh: Building Christian-Muslim Understanding in Memory of Lamin Sanneh

In this episode, Kelefa Sanneh, staff writer for The New Yorker, is joined by John Azumah, Founding Executive Director o... Read more

24 Jan 2022

48mins

Episode QS82: Kelefa Sanneh + Zoe Chace (January 20, 2022)

Episode QS82: Kelefa Sanneh + Zoe Chace (January 20, 2022)

New Yorker staff writer and acclaimed music journalist Kelefa Sanneh joined Greenlight virtually to launch Major Labels,... Read more

20 Jan 2022

1hr 5mins

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Little Atoms 731 - Kelefa Sanneh's Major Labels

Little Atoms 731 - Kelefa Sanneh's Major Labels

The New Yorker's Music critic Kelefa Sanneh talks to Neil about his new book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in... Read more

4 Jan 2022

33mins

Critic Kelefa Sanneh Charts Music History in ‘Major Labels’

Critic Kelefa Sanneh Charts Music History in ‘Major Labels’

In his new book “Major Labels,” journalist and music critic Kelefa Sanneh takes on the history of popular music through ... Read more

31 Dec 2021

55mins

Episode 467: Kelefa Sanneh

Episode 467: Kelefa Sanneh

Kelefa Sanneh is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His book is Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres.... Read more

1 Dec 2021

49mins

Kelefa Sanneh: ‘Major Labels’

Kelefa Sanneh: ‘Major Labels’

Writer Kelefa Sanneh on music’s relentless boundary blurring.

30 Nov 2021

28mins

How Genres Shape Music with Kelefa Sanneh

How Genres Shape Music with Kelefa Sanneh

Many musicians and fans reject genre labels as narrow-minded restrictions on what music can be. But what if the opposite... Read more

27 Oct 2021

1hr 6mins

Episode 1268 - Kelefa Sanneh

Episode 1268 - Kelefa Sanneh

Kelefa Sanneh has been writing about music for his entire career. Drawing on his experience as the music critic at The N... Read more

7 Oct 2021

1hr 24mins

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