[Ads-l] Antedating of "New Age Music"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Nov 24 14:14:11 UTC 2023
New Age music (OED 1985)
1981 _Rolling Stone_ 11 June 47 Pat Travers Band ... Get wired with ... "New Age Music."
NOTE: This usage, apparently the name of a song of the Pat Travers Band, undoubtedly did not denote the same style of music as the later referent of the term.
Fred Shapiro
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