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Insider Extra: July 28
$ · July 28, 2023
Insider Extra: July 28 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
Shawn Reynaldo: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION]
July 24, 2023
Shawn Reynaldo: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION] I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I...
Insider Extra: July 21
$ · July 21, 2023
Insider Extra: July 21 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#179: Don’t Read Crazy Articles
July 17, 2023
Don’t Read Crazy Articles I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
July 16, 2023
There have been plenty of documentaries about hip-hop, but few that focus on the actual art behind it. That changed with Something From Nothing: The Art of...
William L. Weir Interview
$ · July 16, 2023
William L. Weir is a freelance writer for The Atlantic, Slate, and more. His new book is a 33 1/3 volume on BBC Radiophonic Workshop. How did you get to...
Dr. Charlotte Bentley Interview
$ · July 16, 2023
Dr. Charlotte Bentley is a lecturer in music at Newcastle University, where her research focuses on operatic mobility in the 19th century. Her book New...
Edward Pomykaj Interview
$ · July 16, 2023
Edward Pomykaj is a freelance writer and multi-disciplinary artist. He’s written for Pitchfork, Fast Company, Editor X, and many others. His creative work,...
Insider Extra: July 14
$ · July 14, 2023
Insider Extra: July 14 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#178: The Prosperous Cyborgs
July 10, 2023
The Prosperous Cyborgs I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: Pick It Up! - Ska in the '90s
July 9, 2023
What do No Doubt, Sublime, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have in common? They are all part of third-wave ska, an enthusiastic '90s revival of the genre,...
Josh Terry Interview
$ · July 9, 2023
Josh Terry is a freelance writer. He’s worked for RedEye Chicago, VICE, and Netflix over the years, and freelanced for countless publications. Currently, he...
Lisa Nielson Interview
$ · July 9, 2023
I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. Click here to subscribe! Dr. Lisa Nielson is Associate...
Marina Kozak Interview
$ · July 9, 2023
Marina Kozak is Design Director at Pitchfork. In addition to her work for the brand, she’s currently working on a conversational card game, called...
Insider Extra: July 7
$ · July 7, 2023
Insider Extra: July 7 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
Insider Extra: June 30
$ · June 30, 2023
Insider Extra: June 30 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#177: The Politics Of Refusal
June 26, 2023
The Politics Of Refusal I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Lynnée Denise Interview
$ · June 25, 2023
Lynnée Denise is a global practitioner of sound, language, and Black Atlantic thought. She coined the term DJ Scholarship in 2013, which explores how...
Elsie Ahachi Interview
$ · June 25, 2023
Elsie Ahachi is a music lover and enthusiast. Her TikTok currently has more than 280,000 followers. It’s a platform that, Elsie says, “has given me the...
Dr. Walter Aaron Clark Interview
$ · June 25, 2023
Dr. Walter Aaron Clark is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at University of California,...
Insider Extra: June 23
$ · June 23, 2023
Insider Extra: June 23 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#176: Everyone’s A Critic
June 20, 2023
Everyone’s A Critic I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: The Hacienda: The Club That Shook Britain
June 19, 2023
Manchester, England, May 21st 1982. The legendary nightclub The Haçienda opens its doors for the first time—according to DJ Mike Pickering, with the dance...
Kendra Preston Leonard Interview
$ · June 19, 2023
Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard is the founder and executive director of the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive. She describes herself as a “scholar focusing on...
Steacy Easton Interview
$ · June 19, 2023
Steacy Easton is a music critic and the author of Why Tammy Wynette Matters, which “reveals a musician who doubled back on herself, her façade of earnestness...
Susan Schmidt Horning Interview
$ · June 19, 2023
Dr. Susan Schmidt Horning is Associate Professor of History at St. John’s University. She’s the author of Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of...
Insider Extra: June 16
$ · June 16, 2023
Insider Extra: June 16 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#175: Execution Ballads
June 12, 2023
Execution Ballads I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I hear,...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: Viva Viva
June 11, 2023
Brazil is not only made of samba and bossa nova; it also subsists on myriad underground genres that help shape the country's character. Carolina Pfister's...
Chris Payne Interview
$ · June 11, 2023
Chris Payne is the author of Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008. Chris worked for Billboard from 2013...
Dr Una McIlvenna Interview
$ · June 11, 2023
Dr Una McIlvenna is Honorary Senior Lecturer at Australian National University. Her research focuses on early modern cultural and literary history, and she...
Esther Morgan-Ellis Interview
$ · June 11, 2023
Esther Morgan-Ellis is Associate Professor of Music History and Assistant Director of Academic Engagement at the University of North Georgia. Esther’s...
Insider Extra: June 9
$ · June 9, 2023
Insider Extra: June 9 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
Ryan Dombal: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION]
June 5, 2023
Ryan Dombal: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION] I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight...
Insider Extra: June 2
$ · June 2, 2023
Insider Extra: June 2 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
Insider Extra: May 26
$ · May 26, 2023
Insider Extra: May 26 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#174: Retro-stans
May 22, 2023
Retro-stans I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I hear, read,...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: The Girls in the Band
May 21, 2023
In the 1930s and ’40s, hundreds of female jazz musicians took the US by storm, playing both in all-girl bands and alongside their male counterparts. While...
Alex de Lacey Interview
$ · May 21, 2023
Alex de Lacey is an assistant professor of popular music at University of Groningen. His new book is Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime...
Tore Størvold Interview
$ · May 21, 2023
Tore Størvold is an associate professor of musicology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. His new book is Dissonant...
Erin E. Bauer Interview
$ · May 21, 2023
Erin E. Bauer is an associate professor of musicology and chair of the music department at Muskingum University. Her new book is Flaco’s Legacy: The...
#173: Chipping Away
May 15, 2023
Chipping Away I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I hear,...
Stuff You Gotta Watch: Studio One Studio
May 14, 2023
Chris Blackwell once described Studio One as “the Motown of Jamaica.” But if we consider the year the former was established... we learn it actually predates...
Hunter Kelly Interview
$ · May 14, 2023
Hunter Kelly is a Nashville-based radio host and music journalist who has worked in the country music world for many years. Currently, he’s the host of Proud...
Dr Stephen Graham Interview
$ · May 14, 2023
Dr Stephen Graham is the head of Arts & Humanities at Goldsmiths. Initially, he aimed for rock stardom, but he eventually “saw research as an applied version...
Joe Molloy Interview
$ · May 14, 2023
Joe Molloy is a writer and DJ from Detroit, currently working as an educator. He is the author of Acid Detroit: A Psychedelic Story of Motor City Music, a...
Insider Extra: May 12
$ · May 12, 2023
Insider Extra: May 12 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#172: Unfinished Business
May 8, 2023
Unfinished Business I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Carol A. Hess Interview
$ · May 7, 2023
Carol A. Hess teaches at the University of California, Davis, where she is Distinguished Professor of Music. Her book Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain,...
Bill Peel Interview
$ · May 7, 2023
Bill Peel is the author of Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics, a book described as a “radical re-writing of the history and politics of...
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