ReviewYou Writers are from a wide variety of backgrounds and cover every genre of music. Here they are…
Alec Cunningham
Genres: Alternative, Folk, Rock, Indie, Reggae, and Punk
Alec Cunningham is a journalist and freelance writer from Knoxville, TN. Her passion for music goes back to the early days of her youth. For her, having the chance to interview bands and review their music, along with becoming introduced to new artists, combines the best of the music and writing worlds. She currently works for the Music section of BLANK Newspaper, Knoxville’s longest-running independent publication, writing musician interview articles and album reviews. She also serves as one of the main writers on Exposed, the official blog of Peter Lik, a world renowned landscape photographer.
Alex Henderson
Genres: Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Jazz, Metal, Punk, Latin, R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Blues, World Music
Alex Henderson is a veteran journalist/music critic whose work has appeared in Billboard, Spin, The L.A. Weekly, Creem, HITS, Jazziz, JazzTimes, CD Review, Skin Two, Black Radio Exclusive, Thrash Metal and a long list of other well known publications. Known for his eclectic tastes, Alex has contributed several thousand CD reviews to The All Music Guide online and series of reference books since 1996. Jello Biafra, Sonny Rollins, Megadeth, Ice Cube, Live, Chick Corea, Public Enemy, Marduk, Bobby Brown, Ra and Everlast are among the many well known artists Alex has interviewed during his long career.
Alexa Spieler
Genres: Pop, Rock
At only the age of fifteen, Alexa Spieler has managed to build up her very own music promotional website. She has covered prestigious events ranging from the VANS Warped Tour to Arthur Ashe Kids Day, among more. Music has always been a passion of hers, as well as writing. Putting the two together came the formation of her conducting music reviews. She loves this since she now has the opportunity to find out about new artists, as well as getting to write her own opinion on them. She is always excited to find out about the next ‘big thing’ and as always, to interview them.
Andrea Guy
Genres: All genres, especially Children’s and Holiday/Seasonal
Andrea Guy hails from Southwestern Pennsylvania where she collaborates with several friends on an online music site called Mossip. Mossip features music reviews, gossip, and the editorial column, “Elfslut Says” that is Andrea’s pet project among other fun musical features. Music has always been part of her life; from the age of 5, The Beatles and The Monkees dominated her listening. Over the years, music became more and more important and one room in her house is filled with CDs from the floor on up. There isn’t a genre she won’t listen to at least once.
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Andrew Greenhalgh
Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Christian, Rock, Country, Southern Gospel
Andrew Greenhalgh is a music writer, content editor, and lifestyle commentator based in sunny southwest Florida. His writings have appeared in places as diverse as Relevant Magazine, Stereo Subversion, CCM, and Soul-Audio.com, where he serves as a co-editor. When not playing with his two rambunctious children or whipping up something tasty for his wife in the kitchen ala Julie and Julia, Andrew can be found surfing the net for the latest and greatest music, a passion he just can’t lay down.
Annie Reuter
Genres: Singer-Songwriters, Indie, Pop, Punk, and Rock
Annie Reuter, a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and music blogger, covers concerts and music festivals around the country. Her articles have been featured on MTV.com, RollingStone.com and AOL, where she most recently interviewed Pat Benatar. In constant pursuit of the next show to attend, Annie keeps up her music blog, yousingiwrite.com, where she has interviewed members of Switchfoot, the Ataris and Colbie Caillat. An avid music fan, Annie spends her nights exploring the local music scene in Brooklyn and thinking of ways to interview John Mayer.
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Arizzona Pratt
Genres: Christian
Arizzona Pratt is the out and affirming host, creator and producer and host of Unashamed Faith Cafe, a radio program uniting the world one soul, one artist at a time! Her favorite area of study has always been the English language and this love has turned in to her passion for writing about the arts. Her reviews have been spotted at musician’s concerts, on the sales table and featured in musician’s press kit. She has been published in such places as, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmaker’s Artist Print Newsletter, Illusion’s Newsletter, Stonewall Society’s Literary Arts.
Bob Felberg
Genres: Classic Rock, Christian
A New England transplant, Bob Felberg now resides on the Grand Strand in Myrtle Beach, SC. A long time, well traveled DJ and interviewer, his reviews are featured on various web sites such as The Phantom Tollbooth and Leeway’s Homegrown Music Network. Along with co-authoring Archivist, a book on pre 1980 Christian music, his writing has appeared in numerous Christian fanzines, Ugly Things Magazine and area newspapers. A bit of an expert on 60′s rock, he has collected nearly 40,000 vinyl records. He loves music trivia and research, crossword puzzles, and his wife Patricia.
Bryan Rodgers
Genres: Improvisational Rock, Alternative Rock, Jazz, Funk
Bryan Rodgers grew up in a family that embraced a wide variety of music, from Sly and the Family Stone to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Black Sabbath to The Beatles. This inclusive musical upbringing has manifested in Bryan’s pronounced love of live music and his open-minded approach to all musical styles. It also led him into a life in the industry. He has worked in the music business for 15 years, first as a writer, then as a DJ, A & R person, and merchandise guru among many other duties that can’t be revealed here.
Dan MacIntosh
Genres: Christian, Country, Rap, Soul, R&B, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Blues, Reggae, Classical, Dance, Electronic, Punk, Alternative, Metal, Jazz
Dan MacIntosh has been a professional music journalist for 30 years and his work has regularly appeared in many local and national publications, including CCM, CMJ, Paste, Mean Street, Chord, HM, Christian Retailing, Amplifier, Inspirational Giftware, Stereo Subversion, Indie-Music, Soul–Audio, Country Standard Time and Spin.com. He’s an expert in Christian and country music, but he’s also extremely knowledgeable when it comes to most every kind of rock. In addition to reviewing CDs, he regularly writes artist features and biographies.
Gary Hill
Genres: Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, Pop Rock, Metal, Country
Gary is a musician and has been a music fan since a young age. His main musical interests are in progressive rock and heavy metal, however he enjoys many other types of music. He has been writing for quite a long time, having worked as a freelancer for such publications as All Music Guide. Hill’s book The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft was published in 2006. He created Music Street Journal in February of 1998 as a means of covering the music that he enjoys.
Gavin Dixon
Genres: Classical
Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor specializing in classical music. He writes regularly for magazines including Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and Limelight (Australia). Gavin has a PhD on the music of Alfred Schnittke. He is also an expert on musical instruments, and previously held the position of Instrument Curator at London’s Horniman Museum. Gavin is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London and a member of the editorial team for the ‘Alfred Schnittke Collected Works’ edition. More information on Gavin’s writing activities can be found at his website: www.gavindixon.info
Heath Andrews
Genres: Pop, Power Pop, Pop-Rock, Country, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Gospel, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Singer-Songwriter, New Wave, Synthpop
Heath Andrews discovered a passionate love for music at the hands of Huey Lewis & The News. Inspiring him greatly, he attended Ithaca College, obtaining a B.S. in Radio/Television and scriptwriting. During his award-winning tenure there, he hosted and produced multiple programs for the station 106VIC and interviewed musicians such as David Knopfler, Nils Lofgren, and Bruce Hornsby. Heath also contributed numerous written pieces to the campus newspapers and 106VIC website in addition to the websites of peers and colleagues. Heath continues working on his screenplays while scouring the Internet for new and unique musical artists.
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Jason Randall Smith
Genres: Hip-hop, Electronica, Soul, Funk, Techno, Downtempo, Chillout
Based in Mount Vernon, New York, Jason Randall Smith is a contributing writer for Impose Magazine. In addition, he maintains his own website, Both Sides Of The Surface, and is also the creator of Radio BSOTS, a podcast featuring independent hip-hop, soul, funk, and electronic music. Jason was also a World Music Community Blogger for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards. Under the pseudonym Macedonia, he served as a member of WCDB Albany 90.9 FM, hosting shows and producing promo spots during the 1990s. Jason collects vinyl, treats liner notes like canonized literature, and still equates the term “mixtape” with actual cassettes.
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Jim Testa
Genres: Indie Rock, Punk, and Folk
Jim Testa is best known as the editor and publisher of Jersey Beat, the indie-rock fanzine he started in 1982 and which continues today as an online music blog. His work appears regularly in the Newark Star-Ledger, Ghetto Blaster magazine, and NJ.com. In the past, he has written for everything from MaximumRockNRoll to Rolling Stone, with stops along the way at Guitar World, the Village Voice, and many other publications and websites. He likes the Ramones, Screeching Weasel, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Ted Leo, the Screaming Females, and mosh pits where he won’t be easily bruised.
Justin Kreitzer
Genres: Indie Rock, Folk, Psychedelic, Metal, Punk, Christian, Electro, Alternative, Lo-Fi, Retro, Americana
After years of playing in various bands and managing a local record store, writer Justin Kreitzer of Dayton, OH turned his experienced ear and life long passion for music into Atlas and the Anchor, the ever-growing indie music blog he started over four years ago. His writing has also been featured on Seattle music blog Indie Rock Reviews. Justin’s love of music began as an acid-washed-Metallica-patched-jean-jacket-wearing eight-year old, banging on the drums in his bedroom and continues today!
Kelly O’Neil
Genres: Contemporary Christian, Gospel, Adult Contemporary, Jazz, Urban, and Pop
Kelly O’Neil began her career in Public Relations in NYC with a diverse clientele including Foreigner, Jessica Simpson and Sir James Galway. Her journalism career launched when she moved to Nashville and wrote for CCM, U and CrossWalk magazines. Kelly’s freelancing credits include Reader’s Digest, christianmusicplanet.com and christrock.com. In addition to contemporary Christian music, Kelly is well versed in classical and jazz, having played in numerous ensembles, most notably the Nashville Philharmonic. She met her husband over a mutual admiration for King Crimson and now resides in Raleigh where she assists him with his professional recording studio Request Records.
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Kevin Mathews
Genres: Pop, Rock
Kevin Mathews is a well-respected music writer (based in Singapore) and has written for Singapore newspapers like the New Paper & TODAY, print magazines like BigO (Singapore), Amplifier, Pop Culture Press (USA) & Bucketfull of Brains (UK) as well as online zines like his own Power of Pop blog, MTVAsia.com & PopMatters.com. Kevin is also a singer-songwriter, perhaps best known for his #1 hit song, “My One & Only” with Watchmen in 1993 and has released four albums and three EPs with Watchmen, The Crowd and Popland respectively. In addition, Kevin is an accomplished film score writer.
Matheson Kamin
Genres: Rock (all types), Americana, Heavy Metal, Country, Jazz
After being part of a few failed internet-based companies, Matheson started writing for Cleveland-based Exciting City, a small hard-copy publication, in late 2004. At the time, he wanted to promote exciting things that were happening in the arts and entertainment fields. After writing for Exciting City for almost 3 years, he joined an online publication called The Rock And Roll Report. He loves being part of ReviewYou where he can lend his writing talents as a music journalist and add needed feedback to bands that want their music exposed to the world.
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Matt Warnock
Genres: Jazz, Rock, Indie, Classical, Blues, Metal, World Music, Country
Dr. Matt Warnock is a highly experienced music journalist, educator and performer who has written books for Hal Leonard and Mel Bay, as well as hundreds of articles for Just Jazz Guitar Magazine, All About Jazz.com and Modern Guitar Magazine. Currently, he is Editor in Chief for Guitar International Magazine where, beyond his editorial duties, he has interviewed some of the biggest names in the business including Robby Krieger, Ace Frehley, Brian Aubert , George Benson and John Pizzarelli. Matt is also Director of Guitar Studies at Western Illinois University and the Executive Director of the WIU Guitar Festival.
Matthew Forss
Genres: World, Folk, Ambient, Downtempo, Electronica, Jazz, Reggae, Zydeco, Bluegrass, Old Time, Comedy, Latin, Blues, Pop, Rock, Fusion, and Dance.
Since 2000, Wisconsin-based Matthew Forss has been actively involved in the ‘global’ world music scene as a music journalist for the Edmonton, Canada-based Inside World Music (www.insideworldmusic.blogspot.com). Matthew holds an MFA in creative writing and is also a world music consultant, co-producer, and album compiler. Some of his music/book reviews and essays have been published in Songlines, Ethnomusicology, African Music, cultural encyclopedias, among others. Matthew’s favorite interviews include Yulduz Usmanova (Uzbekistan), Tinariwen (Mali), and Hevia (Spain). He diligently maintains his ever-growing collection of music from every country in the world, while looking forward to discovering (and reviewing) new music.
Melissa Nastasi
Genres: Indie, Folk, DJ
Melissa Nastasi is a lifetime New York resident with a passion for all things music. Two years ago she started ModernMysteryBlog.com, where she writes albums reviews, interviews, editorials, show reviews and more. Formerly the Associate Editor of the music site GreenShoelace.com, her work has also been featured on BreakThruRadio.com, MyMusicSuccess.com and BrooklynVegan.com. She has interviewed a great deal of artists from The Dandy Warhols to We Are Scientists and even conducted the first ever Surfer Blood interview. She has been a Pavement fan since she was 12 years old.
Michael Korn
Genres: Metal, Prog, Punk Rock
Mike Korn was bit by the music bug at a very early age, exposed to his dad’s collection of jazz, country and pop music before discovering the world of 70′s classic rock. After hearing Judas Priest and Motorhead, there was no turning back and he became possessed by the metal spirit. Under the pen name of Dr. Abner Mality, he has written for a number of publications such as RAM Magazine, Music Street Journal and his own project, Wormwood Chronicles, which reflects a whole range of eclectic underground tastes. Wormwood Chronicles has existed since 1998 and features his interviews with artists ranging from Anthrax to Molly Hatchet and Blue Oyster Cult to Morbid Angel.
Mike DeGagne
Genres: Classic Rock, British Blues, Blues, Progressive Rock, New Age, 70′s Punk/New Wave, 80′s AOR/Pop, Pop/Rock
Mike DeGagne has been writing about music for over 15 years. Hailing from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Mike has a B.A. in English from Laurentian University. He started reviewing music for a couple of local newspapers, and then graduated to the All Music Guide as a contributing writer specializing in album and song reviews from a multiple of genres. Although his forte is rock and pop, he has covered such areas as jazz, blues, country, avant garde, new age, progressive rock, and alternative. With over 1000 reviews written for the All Music Guide, both in the printed editions of the encyclopaedia and on their website, Mike has a true passion to write and to express his love of music in his writing. He has a fondness for British Blues and Classic Rock, with The Rolling Stones, early Fleetwood Mac, The Who, and The Beatles included as some of his most cherished artists. In his spare time, Mike teaches English to adult learners in Sudbury and also contributes reviews to the American Noise website.
Nick Deriso
Genres: Pop, Classic Rock, Jazz, Blues, Deep South, Cajun, Zydeco, Country, Gospel, Bluegrass
Nick Deriso, writing from various kudzu-covered locales across the Deep South, has explored jazz, blues, roots and rock music for Gannett News Service and USA Today, the Louisiana Folklife Program, AllAboutJazz.com, Blogcritics and for his own SomethingElseReviews.com. Over that 20-year career, he’s interviewed B.B. King, Terence Blanchard, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Marcus Roberts and Aaron Neville, among many others. His live-music venue once hosted the likes of Guy Clark and Rick Danko of the Band. (James McMurtry stopped by, too.) He’s also been programmer and host for a series of programs across the same genres, both on public and commercial radio. So, you could call it an obsession.
Reed Burnam
Genres: Ambient, Blues, Electronica, Folk, Metal, New Wave, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, World.
Reed Burnam is a musician, freelance writer, and amateur photographer/filmmaker from Austin, Texas. Cutting his musical teeth on a steady diet of punk, folk, lo-fi, noise, metal, and psych, he has spent the past twenty years playing multiple instruments in a small army of bands, as well as self-recording and releasing numerous solo albums on his own record label. His interests have led him to collaborate on varied musical projects stretching from improvisational noise to parody rock; in his free time he manages to write, attend shows, and work when he can stand it. He is currently residing in Los Angeles.
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Rhonda Readence
Genres: Metal, Alternative, Rock, Punk, Rockabilly
Rhonda Readence is a freelance writer based in Cleveland, OH and Pittsburgh, PA. Her love of music began at age two when she began dancing to Elvis, and has blossomed into the all consuming monster that it is today. Formerly a writer for Exciting City Magazine, Rhonda has interviewed many bands and written about genres ranging from punk to metal to classic rock to jazz. She also enjoys going to as many live shows as possible. A one-time protégé of Neon Cactus Studios, Rhonda has also dabbled in the art of production and engineering.
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Wildy Haskell
Genres: Rock, Country, Jazz, Metal, Blues, Children’s, Religious, Classical, Broadway, Comedy, Spoken word, R&B, Hip-hop
Wildy Haskell is the writer/editor of Wildy’s World, a blog dedicated to shining a light on the best music the Indie world has to offer. Wildy’s reviews have also appeared on CelticMP3s.com, Indie-Music.com, and have even been quoted in London’s The Independent. Based in Amherst, New York, Wildy is a lifelong music fanatic and performer, with classical training in voice and a handful of guitar chords under his belt. Wildy’s reviews show a deep appreciation of music, and an ability to “get” what the artist was after.
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