Music Critics

What role did music critic's play in your musical life? For me, pretty huge. Rolling Stone and Creem magazines from the 70's shaped my musical world. As did the big name music critic's who wrote books like Dave Marsh, Greil Marcus, Robert Christgau and others.

Robert Christgau says he's ending his monthly Consumer Guide and that Guide definitely got me to listen to many diverse genres.

Mind you, I don't always agree with a lot of these people and magazines. I champion my own favorites. But the heyday of the Great American Music Critic is slowly winding down. And that's why Christgau's announcement was met with so much nostalgia.