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Robert Christgau, Collected: ‘Book Reports’

Christopher John Stephens / 26 March 2019

The columns, reviews, and essays covering the intersections of musical narratives, sociology, history, and economics in Book Reports, from the Dean of American Rock Critics, is much more than just the man on the tunes.

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Robert Christgau’s ‘Is It Still Good to Ya?’

Mark Reynolds / 11 December 2018

Robert Christgau is the rare critic who can write insightfully and passionately about a sweaty performance by a popular Congolese soukous band and a magisterial show by Senegal's Youssou N'Dour. That magic is captured in his latest anthology, Is It Still Good to Ya?

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