Ben Ratliff

Music critic and Author

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We live in an age of musical plenty. From Spotify to iTunes to YouTube, you can listen to whatever you want, whenever you want. Does that make us more adventurous music listeners?

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We live in an age of musical plenty. From Spotify to iTunes to YouTube, you can listen to whatever you want, whenever you want. Does that make us more adventurous music listeners?

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