Sarah Zupko is a former Executive Producer at Tribune Media Services, the media syndication arm of the Tribune Company, and a 10-year veteran of Tribune Company. Aside from writing novels and plays, she devotes most of her time and energy to running PopMatters.com and formerly PopCultures.com, as well as research in the fields of Slavic and German history, and general European cultural and intellectual history. Zupko studied musicology, film, and drama at the University of Chicago and media theory at the University of Texas, where she received her M.A. in 1995.
Features
Reviews
Monday, September 24 2007
The Dragons: BFI
A rare lost gem thankfully resurrected, perfect for the headphones and the stereo stack.
Tuesday, September 4 2007
Patrick Cleandenim: Baby Comes Home
Patrick Cleandenim loves Scott Walker. That much is clear from the rich, poppy orchestrations of his '60s gazing tunes.
Friday, August 31 2007
Heidi Mortenson: Dont Lonely Me
Sultry, silly, soulful, playful, gender-bending, pop experimentalist... Heidi Mortenson is all this and more.
Thursday, August 30 2007
The Loves: Technicolour
This new pop collective from Cardiff, Wales has a deep, abiding love for the most sugary, candy-coated concoctions from the '60s.
Blogs
Wednesday, July 20 2011
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band - "I'll Fly Away" (video)
Last night, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band, joined forces for a foot-stomping, soul movin' version of the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away" on the stages of the Late Show with David Letterman.
Wednesday, June 29 2011
FitzGerald's Foot Stomping, Feel Good 31st Annual American Music Festival: July 1-3
Every year FitzGerald's puts on one of the finest festivals of American roots music in the country and the latest kicks off this Friday just outside Chicago.
Thursday, June 9 2011
Gabe Dixon - "My Favorite" Video (PopMatters Premiere)
Piano pop maestro Gabe Dixon kicks off his solo career with a new album, One Spark, coming this August and a fresh and infectious new single, "My Favorite". Look out Ben Folds.
Tuesday, May 17 2011
Socalled - "Sleepover" (MP3 / video)
"Sleepover" is a wacky, hip-hop mash-up with Klezmer accordions and lyrics that seem to poke fun at rap's obsession with "booty". Sleepover releases today in digital form.



































