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Music journalism is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century,
(From left to right) Music journalists Robert Christgau and Ann Powers and musicology professor Charles Kronengolm at the 2007 Pop Conference at Seattle's Experience Music Project
Hector Berlioz, active as a music journalist in Paris in the 1830s and 1840s
Richard Goldstein (pictured at the 2015 EMP Pop Conference) was the first American music critic to focus on rock music.
American pop music critic Ann Powers
Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. It was published in October 2000 by St. Martin's Press's Griffin im
Robert Christgau at the 2006 Pop Conference
A CD collection pictured in 2007; the proliferation of music production in the format informed Christgau's reviewing and grading standards throughout the preceding decade.
Christgau's tepid response to English rock band Radiohead (pictured in 2004) was a source of controversy.