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Sophisti-pop

September 23, 1982: English pop star, Bryan Ferry, the lead singer of Roxy Music.
September 23, 1982: English pop star, Bryan Ferry, the lead singer of Roxy Music.Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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by Jake Rudh

April 22, 2022

This week, Jake Rudh features the smooth sounds of sophisti-pop, a genre that emerged in the U.K. in the 1980s, blossoming out of new wave, pop, post-punk and jazz.

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