The Revolution in Music

Not only is Robert Hilburn’s Top 20 list based on an intellectual confusion, it’s almost as if Hilburn is trying to make peace with what is actually being shoved down people’s throats as music and his own personal nostalgic taste (“20 for 2000 1/2,” July 1).

It’s about time that American music critics actually did some hard work and took a look outside of the States as to what’s really going on in music revolution. It ain’t here folks, its a cross-cultural mix. It’s happening with world music, electronica, techno-rock, Latin music, etc. For every million people who are buying these Top 20 records in America, there are millions who are not.

TANJU ARMAND

New York