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Patrick Nickleson Interview
$ · May 7, 2023
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, and Historiography in Dispute, a book that “draws attention to...
Insider Extra: May 5
$ · May 5, 2023
Insider Extra: May 5 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of the...
Eric Ducker: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION]
May 1, 2023
Eric Ducker: 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: April 28
$ · April 28, 2023
Insider Extra: April 28 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#171: Swaying On The Sabbath
April 24, 2023
Swaying On The Sabbath 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: Modulations
April 23, 2023
"The world is not binary; it's chaos," Genesis P-Orridge states at the beginning of Modulations. Genesis feels the turning point in music happened when "we...
Stacy Chandler Interview
$ · April 23, 2023
Stacy Chandler is an assistant editor at No Depression. After working for a variety of daily newspapers for a decade, she began working for the magazine in...
Corrigan Blanchfield Interview
$ · April 23, 2023
Corrigan Blanchfield has freelanced for Tone Glow and Passion of the Weiss, among other publications, but these days he identifies himself as a blogger. He...
Lauren Istvandity Interview
$ · April 23, 2023
Lauren Istvandity works at the University of the Sunshine Coast, focusing her research on the subject of music, memory, and heritage. More recently, she’s...
Insider Extra: April 21
$ · April 21, 2023
Insider Extra: April 21 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
Randall Roberts: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION]
April 17, 2023
Randall Roberts: Notes on Process [SPECIAL EDITION] I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I...
Insider Extra: April 14
$ · April 14, 2023
Insider Extra: April 14 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#170: Be Easy On Yourself
April 10, 2023
Be Easy On Yourself 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: Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
April 9, 2023
Three decades of California Bay Area’s punk music history are covered in Turn It Around, a documentary that examines a fascinating scene through the eyes of...
Tim Riley Interview
$ · April 9, 2023
Tim Riley writes Substack’s free, fortnightly riley rock report newsletter and podcast. Among the many books he’s written, the latest is What Goes On: The...
Cheri Percy Interview
$ · April 9, 2023
Cheri Percy is a freelance writer, editor, and broadcaster. She’s pitched and produced features for The Guardian, Noisey, and more. Her new book is an entry...
David Looseley Interview
$ · April 9, 2023
David Looseley is a writer, translator, and emeritus professor of contemporary French culture at University of Leeds, Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes...
Insider Extra: April 7
$ · April 7, 2023
Insider Extra: April 7 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#169: Magical Incantations
April 3, 2023
Magical Incantations I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Patricia Fumerton Interview
$ · April 2, 2023
Patricia Fumerton is Distinguished Professor of English at University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCSB, she is the director and founder of the Early...
Julia Simon Interview
$ · April 2, 2023
Julia Simon is a professor and scholar, as well as a bassist and singer. Her new book is Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice, which...
Lucreccia Quintanilla Interview
$ · April 2, 2023
Lucreccia Quintanilla is an artist, educator, and co-director of the Naarm (Melbourne) sound org Liquid Architecture, which supports experimental,...
Insider Extra: March 31
$ · March 31, 2023
Insider Extra: March 31 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#168: A Closed System
March 27, 2023
A Closed System 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,...
Ian Winwood Interview
$ · March 26, 2023
Ian Winwood is an author and journalist. His new book is Bodies: Life and Death in Music, which “explores the music industry's many failures, from addiction...
Dan LeRoy Interview
March 26, 2023
Dan LeRoy is an author, journalist, and teacher. He is the director of writing and publishing at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, near...
Julia Grella O'Connell Interview
March 26, 2023
Dr. Julia Grella O’Connell is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Music and Theater Arts at SUNY Broome. She’s the author of Sound, Sin, and...
Insider Extra: March 24
$ · March 24, 2023
Insider Extra: March 24 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#167: One Thing At A Time
March 20, 2023
One Thing At A Time 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: We Call It Techno!
March 19, 2023
Though its exact origins in Germany remain somewhat fuzzy, the term “techno” was apparently first used in Frankfurt in the early ’80s, when DJ Talla...
Hannah Edgar Interview
$ · March 19, 2023
Hannah Edgar is a Chicago-based culture journalist, researcher, and radio producer. They write music criticism for the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Reader,...
Cisco Bradley Interview
$ · March 19, 2023
Cisco Bradley is associate professor of history at the Pratt Institute. He is the author of three books, the most recent of which is The Williamsburg Avant-...
Philip Ciantar Interview
$ · March 19, 2023
Philip Ciantar is associate professor of music at the University of Malta. His research subjects are largely Andalusian music, music and colonialism, the...
Insider Extra: March 17
$ · March 17, 2023
Insider Extra: March 17 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#166: The Woes Of Waiting
March 13, 2023
The Woes Of Waiting 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: Studio 54
March 12, 2023
The tale is as dizzying and fleeting as the venue itself: In the spring of 1977, college buddies Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened a discothèque in...
Angie Martoccio Interview
$ · March 12, 2023
Angie Martoccio is associate managing editor at Rolling Stone. She’s been at the magazine for many years, working her way up from her start as Jann Wenner’s...
Richie Unterberger Interview
$ · March 12, 2023
Richie Unterberger is the author of numerous rock history books, including volumes on the Beatles, the Who, the Velvet Underground, and 1960s folk-rock. He...
Harry Levin Interview
March 12, 2023
Harry Levin is the managing editor of EDM Maniac and a freelance journalist with bylines in outlets like Billboard, Beatportal, and more. He also runs the...
Insider Extra: Recommendations Smörgåsbord
$ · March 10, 2023
Insider Extra: Recommendations Smörgåsbord I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some...
#165: Be Clear On Your Why
March 6, 2023
Be Clear On Your Why I’m Todd L. Burns, and welcome to Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. I highlight some of the best stuff I...
Will Hagle Interview
$ · March 5, 2023
Will Hagle is a freelance music writer. His new book is an entry in the 33 1/3 series on Madvillain’s Madvillainy. He’s also the co-host of the fascinating...
Dr Monique Charles Interview
$ · March 5, 2023
Dr Monique Charles is an assistant professor at Chapman University. She is the creator, curator, and editor of the forthcoming book Black Music in Britain in...
Will Groff Interview
$ · March 5, 2023
Will Groff is a music and culture writer based in Brooklyn. He has written about country music for Pitchfork, PAPER, No Depression, and various other...
Insider Extra: March 3
$ · March 3, 2023
Insider Extra: March 3 I’m Todd L. Burns, and I put together Music Journalism Insider, a newsletter about music journalism. The newsletter collects some of...
#164: My Burning Concern
February 27, 2023
My Burning Concern 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: Finding the Funk
February 26, 2023
Though the true magic of funk is better felt than understood, Nelson George’s 2013 documentary Finding the Funk does a remarkable job of tracing the...
Alana Casanova-Burgess Interview
$ · February 26, 2023
Alana Casanova-Burgess is the host and co-creator of La Brega, a podcast that “tells stories of an island and a people trying to cope with too many...
Spencer Dukoff Interview
$ · February 26, 2023
Spencer Dukoff is the director of audience development at Consequence, where he leads “acquisition and retention efforts across all platforms including...
Lambros Fatsis Interview
$ · February 26, 2023
Lambros Fatsis is a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Brighton. His research interests revolve around police racism and the criminalization...
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