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[[File:Jon Pareles - Times Talks - 12 January 2008.jpg|alt=Pareles at an event hosted by The New York Times in 2008|thumb|Pareles and [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] at an event hosted by ''The New York Times'' in 2008]]
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'''Jon Pareles''' (born October 25, 1953<ref name="Current Biography">{{cite journal|title=Pareles, Jon|journal=[[Current Biography]]|date=November 2008|volume=69|issue=11|pages=75–78|url=http://pdc-connection.ebscohost.com/c/biographies/35487780/pareles-jon|access-date=October 7, 2014|publisher=[[H. W. Wilson Company]]|issn=0011-3344 |author1=J. E. P. |id={{EBSCOhost|35487780}} }}</ref>) is an American [[journalist]] who is the chief [[popular music]] critic in the arts section of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/pareles.html Ask a report: Jon Pareles, Music Critic.] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>
'''Jon Pareles''' (born October 25, 1953<ref name="Current Biography">{{cite journal|title=Pareles, Jon|journal=[[Current Biography]]|date=November 2008|volume=69|issue=11|pages=75–78|url=http://pdc-connection.ebscohost.com/c/biographies/35487780/pareles-jon|access-date=October 7, 2014|publisher=[[H. W. Wilson Company]]|issn=0011-3344 |author1=J. E. P. |id={{EBSCOhost|35487780}} }}</ref>) is an American [[journalist]] who is the chief [[popular music]] critic in the arts section of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/pareles.html Ask a report: Jon Pareles, Music Critic.] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Pareles was born in [[Connecticut]].<ref name="Current Biography"/> He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from [[Yale University]] with a degree in music. He began working as a music critic in 1977.<ref name="bill">{{cite journal|last1=Hay|first1=Carla|title=Meet the Critics|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 20, 2004|volume=116|issue=12|pages=1, 88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88|access-date=October 6, 2014|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
Pareles was born in [[Connecticut]].<ref name="Current Biography"/> He played [[jazz flute]] and piano, and graduated from [[Yale University]] with a degree in music. He began working as a music critic in 1977.<ref name="bill">{{cite magazine|last1=Hay|first1=Carla|title=Meet the Critics|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 20, 2004|volume=116|issue=12|pages=1, 88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88|access-date=October 6, 2014|publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]]|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 23 December 2023

Jon Pareles
Pareles in 2008
Born (1953-10-25) October 25, 1953 (age 70)
Alma materYale University
OccupationJournalist

Jon Pareles (born October 25, 1953[1]) is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Pareles was born in Connecticut.[1] He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in music. He began working as a music critic in 1977.[3]

Career[edit]

In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, where he published his first works (outside school publications);[4] and in the 1980s, an associate editor at Rolling Stone and the music editor at The Village Voice. He started contributing to The Times in 1982.[3] He reviews popular music in the arts section of The Times.[4]

Publications[edit]

  • Pareles, Jon; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (1983). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. London: Rolling Stone. ISBN 978-0-718-12400-7.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b J. E. P. (November 2008). "Pareles, Jon". Current Biography. 69 (11). H. W. Wilson Company: 75–78. ISSN 0011-3344. EBSCOhost 35487780. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Ask a report: Jon Pareles, Music Critic. The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Hay, Carla (March 20, 2004). "Meet the Critics". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1, 88. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ward, Steven (July 2001). "The Grey Lady's Pop Music Man: Jon Pareles in Conversation". rockcritics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.

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