Award-winning critic Barry Walters is a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, Spin, the Village Voice, and many other publications. His interview with Prince alumni Wendy & Lisa was included in Da Capo’s Best Music Writing of 2010, and his lectures on music video have appeared in numerous film festivals. Currently working on his first book, he’s asked probing personal questions of Noel Gallagher, Johnny Rotten, and Madonna, and has lived to tell the tale.
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The least authentic period-faithful of the recent soul revivalists … more »
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Eight years ago, most pop-punk bands would have swallowed their pride and… more »
[Charles Bradley turned heads and broke hearts with his 2011 triumph No T… more »
Charles Bradley is not the kind of guy to sing of love in fantastical ter… more »
More than any of the other popular synth acts of the late ’80s and … more »
Imagine if Curtis Mayfield were still alive and making music as he did in… more »
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The world — the indie rock one, at least — divides into two c… more »
“He’s so talented he can do anything!” That’s the… more »
There are so many David Bowies. And although there’s little consens… more »
One could be forgiven for at first believing there’s little about S… more »
Madonna’s stylistic conservatism continued from 1994′s Bedtim… more »
As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »
