5 Great Books That Reinvent Music Criticism
This is by no means a comprehensive survey of contemporary music criticism, but these five books all point a way forward for the field.
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Respect: Jessica Hopper’s ‘Women Who Rock’ Series
It’s electrifying to watch Nona Hendryx wax poetic about Chaka Khan and Khan praise Mavis Staples and so on in Jessica Hopper’s essential series, Women Who Rock.
Just Keep Writhing Jessica Hopper
Music critic Jessica Hopper is revivified by high stakes for the second coming of The First Collection.
Jessica Hopper’s ‘Night Moves’: Prose Poetry for the Punk Rock Masses
Jessica Hopper's Night Moves is a dozen thorny roses for the city that keeps blowing its windy-ness beneath her darkly comic wings.
10 Conversation-Shifting Contemporary Books About Music
These are multiple works of genre history and works tackling important issues of race, class, and gender. All challenge dominant narratives of music.
Music Writer Jessica Hopper on Her New Anthology and the Role of Women in Music Culture
The Rookie andThe Pitchfork Review editor talks about her latest collection of writings, spanning over a decade.