Name:Instructor:Course:Date:Comparing two articles from Music and Culture edited by Anna TomasinoIntroduction Popular culture has grown though the time and not longer speaks to a structured society. this is to means that, music and popular culture do not rely on the social structures in the society or the materialistic views of capitalism. Rather music ad popular culture speaks to the mind and soul and relates to the emotions of the people. This is a culture that has made leaps through the global interconnectivity to amass support from all corners of the world. There are different writers who have tried to explain the immense growth experienced by this culture through literature. One of the world’s renowned writers that have captured the essence of music and culture is Professor Anna Tomasino (Tomasino). In her book titled Music and Culture, she brings out the aspects of cultural and social issues as influenced by music. In her book she brings out the fact that music has diversity, sound, business aspects and the personality (Chagla).Thesis statementMusic and popular culture no longer relies on social stratifications, by using genre to sideline certain persons, it now relates to the emotions of the people without prejudice.Previously, music has been a tool used in the social circles to create a form of identity. As such, music genres have been used to create social stereotypes. Ideally anyone can enjoy music of any genre, but the society has been structured in a manner that limits people to the music they ca listen to depending on their social class. Even listening to music, has been structured in manner that one can only enjoy music if they understand the words, with reference to genre. Anna has edited some of the articles that have been written before about music and the aspects of popular culture (Chagla). ...