I kind of disagree with the article; I’m 45 and after many years of enjoying rock and roll from the 60s and 70s, I’ve really gotten into some of the older blues guys. Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and all those guys. Just great stuff.
I can dig that. (It’s not “blues”) but my wife left an old Shirley Bassey CD in the car, and I’d never heard her do all but, I think, 3 of the songs. It was rather fun to listen to, even if the sound quality was mediocre at times.
Now, I remember when I first heard S.B. do “The Rhythm Divine” (on a “Yello” album!) It was a few years ago / I was over 55 at the time, and it blew me away. I’d never heard anything quite like it. I really LIKE new music (to me) if well done!
And I am almost sixty and I like early gansta rap. The lyrics are funny.
Not all the time, but in the middle of the night driving back streets on the way home from a gig, I would be shuffling between Robert Johnson and snoop. Anyone listening would think me insane.