Articles tagged "music criticism"

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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff

by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[8.Jan.08] :. Story of a Sound isn't just the story of a sound. It's a piece of jazz criticism that passionately questions and enhances the role of jazz criticism.

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A critic gets locked out by Gwen Stefani

by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[23.Apr.07] :. I’ve been banned by Gwen Stefani. I’m not surprised. We have a history. Plus there’s the matter of a certain outraged column I wrote in December, just days before her rather...

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The Boy Who Cried Freebird by Mitch Myers

by Jodie Janella Keith

[23.Apr.07] :. Despite reading like a book set on random, Myers is a fantastic writer with a great ear for rhythm.

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Inside the Music of Brian Wilson by Philip Lambert

by Adam Bunch

[29.Mar.07] :. It's the ultimate in the band A = band B + band C style of music criticism, and it grows old quickly.

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Column: Call and Response

Who Owns What?: Engaging the Fog of Hip-Hop

by Dan Nishimoto

[6.Dec.06] :. How do the "artist" and "critic" reconcile each other's presence? How literally must one walk this way in order to talk that way?

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