American Rock Critics

Book Review: “Going into the City” — A Restrained Portrait of the Critic as a Young Man

Robert Christgau, the author of 14,000 record reviews, makes the case for expansiveness as the best aesthetic.

Teresa October 15, 2021 at 10:09 pm on Music Remembrance: Singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith (1953-2021)What a beautifully written tribute. Thank you. I still can’t believe she is gone. I have never been so affected...
John Killacky October 15, 2021 at 5:56 pm on Author Interview: Vermont’s John Killacky — At the Service of Art, Critique, and Civic ConversationThanks buddy
John D Kramer October 15, 2021 at 10:13 am on October Short Fuses – Materia CriticaAsking Mark Favermann to give Kristy Edmunds a chance at Mass MoCA. I had the chance to hear her speak...
Gerald Peary October 14, 2021 at 3:43 pm on Arts Remembrance: Arnie Reisman — The Party of the First PartThanks, thanks, thanks, great stories from before I moved to Boston. I knew Arnie only on Facebook, and he quite...
Sam Johnson October 14, 2021 at 11:00 am on Classical Music Preview: Catching Up and Looking Ahead with Benjamin Zander on the BPO/BPYO SeasonI am so glad that Mr. Zander will soon be back in action. His interpretation classes have been such an...