Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles
Born	(1953-10-25) October 25, 1953 Connecticut, United States
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Critic, journalist

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

Life and career

Pareles was born in Connecticut on October 25, 1953. 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.

In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, where he published his first works (outside school publications); 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. He reviews popular music in the arts section of The Times.

Selected publications

• George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia; Pareles, Jon (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York City; Toronto: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-743-20120-9.

External links

• New York Times articles by Jon Pareles
• Jon Pareles at the Internet Movie Database