Tom Moon
Tom Moon has been writing about pop, rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop and the music of the world since 1983.
He is the author of the New York Times bestseller 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die (Workman Publishing), and a contributor to other books including The Final Four of Everything.
A saxophonist whose professional credits include stints on cruise ships and several tours with the Maynard Ferguson orchestra, Moon served as music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1988 until 2004. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin, Vibe, Harp and other publications, and has won several awards, including two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Music Journalism awards. He has contributed to NPR's All Things Considered since 1996.
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Drummer and composer Antonio Sanchez's album, Lines In The Sand, is a cinematic homage to the journeys of migrants heading to the U.S. border. It's a formidable, epic series of compositions.
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Georgia Anne Muldrow's newest album Overload, sees the hip-hop artist moving from the L.A. underground into the mainstream spotlight.
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This year, fueled by the vinyl resurgence and recent deaths of major stars, the field of archival music percolated with releases of music both well-known and relatively unknown. -
When, if ever, can a song written by Bob Dylan be considered finished? A massive trove of outtakes documents every utterance from the New York sessions that led to Blood On the Tracks. -
The founder of the '90s band Rage Against The Machine makes his solo debut under his own name with The Atlas Underground. Morello chases new sounds by collaborating with rappers, folk rockers and EDM DJs. -
'Piano & a Microphone 1983', a new release from Prince's vault, gives fans a look at his creative process. -
Dev Hynes, better known in the music world as Blood Orange, gets more experimental and more personal on his latest album 'Negro Swan.'
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Taking notes from Kanye West and Solange Knowles, Dirty Projectors latest album Lamp Lit Prose is for the bounce back after a breakup. -
One third of Crosby, Stills and Nash opens up his vaults on this two-disc anthology. -
Nobody witnessing the turmoil of 1968 was waiting around for a salve like "The Weight" — or could have predicted how fundamental those songs would become.
