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Taking Care of Authenticity on the CBC’s Randy’s Vinyl Tap

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2020-06-19

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Svec, Henry Adam

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Taylor & Francis

Abstract

This essay explores the radio program Randy’s Vinyl Tap, which is hosted by Randy Bachman and airs on CBC Radio 1 (2005-present). I argue that the show’s complex reception can be explained, in part, by the fact that it transgresses dominant conceptions of authenticity in both rock music and public broadcasting discourses. Drawing on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, I explore ways in which Bachman evokes a “carnivalesque” approach to public communication.

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Radio & Audio Media on June 19 2020 available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2019.1678163

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authenticity, rock, music, public broadcasting, CBC, carnival

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