A music critic is someone who reviews music, songs and albums, and writes about them. A music critic may also write entire books analyzing music styles and discussing music history.

The following is an incomplete list of influential music critics and writers:

• Lester Bangs
• Stanley Booth
• Robert Christgau
• Peter Guralnick
• Eduard Hanslick
• Donal Henehan
• Nick Kent
• Julius Korngold
• Jon Landau
• Charles Shaar Murray
• Greil Marcus
• Dave Marsh
• Janet Maslin
• Richard Meltzer
• Kris Needs
• Robert Palmer
• John Rockwell
• Harold Schonberg
• Nick Tosches
• Ellen Willis

External Link

• Who cares what critics say? - Jay Nordlinger