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Michael Kennedy, staff music critic from 1950, joint chief music critic, 1986–2005. [41] Geoffrey Norris, music critic from 1983, chief music critic from 1995 to 2009. [42] Ivan Hewett, music critic from 2002, chief music critic from 2009. [43] Evening News (UK) William McNaught, 1933-1939. Mosco Carner, concert music critic, 1957–1961. [31]
This category lists famous music critics. Subcategories. This category has the following 41 subcategories, out of 41 total. * Classical music critics (4 C, 39 P)
Eduard Hanslick, an influential music critic of the 19th-century. The Oxford Companion to Music defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". [1] In this sense, it is a branch of musical aesthetics.
Robert Thomas Christgau (/ ˈ k r ɪ s t ɡ aʊ / KRIST-gow; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.Among the most well-known [1] and influential music critics, [2] he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African ...
A never-before-heard 1979 interview John Belushi gave to music critic Steve Bloom of the Soho Weekly News has been released for the first time as part of the Audible audio documentary “Blues ...
Music criticism's former priority — telling consumers what to purchase — has been rendered null and void for most fans." He argued that this and "click culture" causes music critics to act as "cheerleaders" for existing stars. [44] [45] [46] The 2010s saw a rise of music critics who used YouTube and social media as their platform.
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) [1] was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. [2] [3] The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic". [4]
In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, where he published his first works (outside school publications); [4] and in the 1980s, an associate editor at Rolling Stone and the music editor at The Village Voice. He started contributing to The Times in 1982. [3] He reviews popular music in the arts section of The Times. [4]