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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Pareles was born in [[Connecticut]].<ref name="Current Biography"/> He played skin 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 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>


== Career ==
== Career ==
In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'', where he published his first works (outside school publications);<ref name=rockcritics.com>{{cite web|last1=Ward|first1=Steven|title=The Grey Lady's Pop Music Man: Jon Pareles in Conversation|url=http://rockcritics.com/2013/05/22/from-the-archives-jon-pareles-2001/|website=rockcritics.com|access-date=August 8, 2014|date=July 2001}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bill"/> He reviews popular music in the arts section of ''The New York Times''.<ref name=rockcritics.com/>
In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'', where he published his first works (outside school publications);<ref name=rockcritics.com>{{cite web|last1=Ward|first1=Steven|title=The Grey Lady's Pop Music Man: Jon Pareles in Conversation|url=http://rockcritics.com/2013/05/22/from-the-archives-jon-pareles-2001/|website=rockcritics.com|access-date=August 8, 2014|date=July 2001}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bill"/> He reviews popular music in the arts section of ''The Times''.<ref name=rockcritics.com/>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

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Pareles at an event hosted by The New York Times in 2008
Pareles and Feist at an event hosted by The New York Times in 2008

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

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

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

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

References

  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. 116 (12). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 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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