Tim Riley (music critic)

Tim Riley (born 1960)[1] reviews pop and classical music for NPR,[2] and has written for The New York Times,[3] truthdig, the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Slate.com and Salon.com. He was trained as a classical pianist[2] at Oberlin College[4] and Eastman School of Music.[5]

Since 2009, he has taught digital journalism at Emerson College in Boston.[6] Brown University sponsored Riley as Critic-In Residence in 2008,[6] and his first book, Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary (Knopf/Vintage 1988), which the New York Times said brought "new insight to the act we've known for all these years."[1] His television appearances include Morning Joe,[7] PBS NewsHour,[8] CBS Morning and Evening News, MTV, and the History Channel.

Riley gave a keynote address at Beatles 2000, the first international academic conference in Jyväskylä, Finland.[5] Since then, he has given lectures on censorship in the arts and rock history.[6] His current projects include the music metaportal Riley Rock Index,[9] and a biography of John Lennon (Hyperion, 2011),[10][11] which was included in Kirkus Review's list of the Best Nonfiction of 2011.[12]

Books

References

  1. 1 2 Pareles, Jon (June 19, 1988). "IN SHORT: NONFICTION". New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Cantrell, Cindy (November 6, 2011). "Concord author writes a John Lennon biography". Boston Globe. Retrieved September 16, 2012.(registration required)
  3. Riley, Tim (December 6, 2013). "'Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years, Volume 1,' by Mark Lewisohn". New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  4. "Alumni News". Conservatory Magazine. Oberlin College. Fall 1998. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Alumni Notes" (PDF). Eastman Notes. Eastman School of Music. Spring–Summer 2002. p. 28. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "Journalism Faculty - Tim Riley". Emerson College. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  7. "Morning Joe". MSNBC. October 14, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  8. Brown, Jeffrey (September 9, 2009). "Decades Later, Beatles Hits Continue to Draw New Fans". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  9. "Riley Rock Index". Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  10. Parker, James (October 7, 2011). "John Lennon's Primal Screams". New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  11. "Nonfiction Review: Lennon: the Man, the Myth, the Music--the Definitive Life". Publishers Weekly. July 11, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  12. Liebtrau, Eric (editor). "Best Nonfiction of 2011". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

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