Category
page 1American music critics
Ralph Ellison
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)
Robert Christgau
American music journalist (born 1942)

Amiri Baraka
African-American writer (1934–2014)

Cameron Crowe
American filmmaker and journalist (born 1957)
Alan Lomax
American musicologist (1915–2002)
Harvey Pekar
American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)
Virgil Thomson
American composer and critic (1896–1989)
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
American music journalist
Alfred Einstein
German-American musicologist and music editor
Lester Bangs
American music critic and journalist
Ellen Willis
American writer
Richard Taruskin
American musicologist, music critic and choral conductor (1945-2022)
Greil Marcus
American author, music journalist and cultural critic
Lou Harrison
American composer (1917-2003)
Rob Sheffield
American music journalist (born 1966)
Charles Rosen
American pianist and writer on music (1927–2012)
Jon Landau
American music critic, manager, and record producer
Janet Maslin
American journalist and critic
Anthony Fantano
American music critic and YouTuber (born 1985)
Stephen Holden
American writer and critic (born 1941)
Deems Taylor
American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music (1885–1966)
Jim DeRogatis
American music critic
Jia Tolentino
American writer and editor
Greg Kot
American music journalist and author
Ira Gitler
American sports journalist and music critic (1928-2019)
Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Australian composer (1912–1990)
Dave Marsh
American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host
Daniel Gregory Mason
American composer (1873–1953)
Tom Johnson
American composer (1939–2024)
Marcia Davenport
American author and music critic
Charles Wakefield Cadman
American composer (1881-1946)
Dan Morgenstern
American jazz historian (1929–2024)

Stanley Crouch
American writer (1945-2020)

Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician (1930-2010)
Ted White
American writer

Jay Nordlinger
American journalist
Chuck Klosterman
American author and columnist
Andrew Moravcsik
American political scientist
Edgar Stillman Kelley
American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music

Jon Pareles
American journalist
Olin Downes
American music critic (1886–1955)
John Rockwell
American critic and arts administrator (born 1940)
Paul Henry Lang
Hungarian-American musicologist
Henry Edward Krehbiel
American musicologist (1854–1923)
Richard Freed
music critic, editor, and broadcaster
William Henry Fry
American composer, music critic, and journalist (1813–1864)
Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer (1945–1997)
Nelson George
American writer and filmmaker
Peter Guralnick
American music critic

Touré
American author (born 1971)
Nick Tosches
American writer (1949–2019)

Ralph J. Gleason
American music critic (1917–1975)
Tom Purdom
American writer (1936–2024)

Michael Steinberg
American music critic, musicologist, and writer (1928-2009)
Marc Spitz
American music journalist (1969–2017)
Albert Murray
American literary critic, novelist, essayist (1916–2013)
Jon Caramanica
American journalist nad music critic (born 1975)
Edward Howard House
American journalist
Reginald De Koven
American music critic and composer (1859–1920)
Robert Shelton
American critic (1926–1995)