I am happy to report that I have no idea what you're talking about. ;^)

I'm so out of touch with contemporary commercial music in general that I don't even recognize 3/4 of the names nominated for Grammy awards each year. It'll be years before I accidentally overheard a sample of any new genre.

I love the music of my adopted hometown of New Orleans; that's what I hear when I turn on my radio, that's what I listen to when I go out for an evening. Here, we have our own unique musical traditions, and we have plenty of musicans, young and old, creating new and vibrant sounds that have little to do with the rest of the world. Is that our loss, or everybody else's? I'd say the latter, but then I'm very prejudiced.

For examples of what I'm talking about, give an occasional listen to www.wwoz.org.* No telling what'll be on at any given moment, since there's no playlist and every volunteer programmer (DJ) decides what to play. If you can't get into what you hear, just try again later.

*Sorry; I usually blickify this, but too lazy this time