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The class is on Thursdays and begins with informal breakout groups, with students discussing a given topic or getting to know each other against a backdrop of popular music piped through the auditorium sound system.

In this unfiltered, unvarnished portrait of the artist, Sheff succeeds magnificently in bringing one of popular music’s most divisive and misunderstood personae to life.

The songs performed are popular music, with a few smatterings of classics from the last century, including “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas & the Papas and the John Denver hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

Over time, contemporary popular music became increasingly commercialized.

In fact, you can argue “A Love Supreme” has shaped popular music as much as any single album.