The Struggle for Independence in the Modern Age

This essay was originally published on Stereogum.com on November 20, 2025 and reposted on Substack – HERE.  I’m very grateful to the Stereogum team for agreeing to share it with their readership. You can still access the original post HERE. Please consider subscribing to Stereogum.com. For many years, it has been a vital champion of so many important up-and-coming artists.