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American music critic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eric Weisbard is an American music critic known for founding the Pop Conference, which is hosted annually by the Museum of Pop Culture (formerly known as the EMP Museum). He also organized the conference for many years.[1]
Eric Weisbard | |
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![]() Weisbard speaking at the 2008 Pop Conference | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Music critic |
Known for | Pop Conference |
Notable work | Spin Alternative Record Guide Top 40 Democracy |
Spouse |
Weisbard serves as professor of American studies at the University of Alabama.[2] He is also the author of both a 33⅓ book entry about Use Your Illusion and the 2014 book Top 40 Democracy: The Rival Mainstreams of American Music, and a former editor for Spin.[3] With Craig Marks, he was also the co-editor of the Spin Alternative Record Guide,[4] and has also written for the Village Voice.[5] For Top 40 Democracy, he received the 2015 Woody Guthrie Award from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music's United States branch.[6]
Weisbard is married to Ann Powers, a music critic for NPR.[7] They were married in 1998.[8]
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