Authenticity

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Related Books:


The Thing Itself: On the Search for Authenticity
(Richard Todd)

Ten Little Indians
(Sherman Alexie)

Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
(Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor)

Sacred Games
(Vikram Chandra)

The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong
(Barry Glassner)

Related Albums:


The Hard and the Easy
(Great Big Sea)

Incidental Music:

A life in East Poultney
(Tin Hat Trio)
Faking It
(Simon & Garfunkel)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
(Leadbelly)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
(Nirvana)
Blue Yodel
(Jimmy Rodgers)
World on a String
(Neil Young)
My Way
(Sid Vicious)
Shristi
(Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble)
Tishialuk Girls Set
(Great Big Sea)
'Come and I Will Sing You', 'River Driver', 'Captain Kidd'
(Great Big Sea)
Lukey
(Great Big Sea)
Excursion Around the Bay
(Great Big Sea)
The Thing Itself
06.13.2010

There's no question – we crave authenticity. You want "real" Chinese or Mexican food? Then make sure you find a restaurant that makes food the way it's made in the old country. Music lovers are also obsessed with authenticity - from folk and blues to rap...just consider the mantra of hip hop - "keeping it real." In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll explore this cult of authenticity

  1. Richard Todd on the Search for Authenticity

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    Cultural Critic Richard Todd looked at modern life and saw others telling what is and isn't real.

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  2. Sherman Alexie on Authentic Indian

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    Sherman Alexie is a celebrated fiction writer who is also Spokane, and who has strong opinions about what it means to be a real Indian.

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  3. Yuval Taylor on Music Authenticity

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    Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.

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  4. Vikram Chandra on Indian Writers

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    Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.

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  5. Barry Glassner on Authentic Food

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    Don't look for authenticity on your plate! That's the message of Barry Glassner's book, "The Gospel of Food."

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  6. Great Big Sea's "The Hard and the Easy"

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    Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett and Sean McCann are the founding members of the band Great Big Sea. Their music has its roots in Newfoundland traditional folk music, but it rocks!

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