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Jon Pareles
American journalist (born 1953) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jon Pareles (born 1953[1]) is an American journalist. He was chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times from 1988 to 2025.
Early life and education
Pareles was born in Connecticut.[1] He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University in 1974[2] with a degree in music.[3] While at Yale, he wrote on music for the newspaper, played the Harkness Tower carillon, and DJed for the radio station.[2]
Career
Pareles began working as a music critic in 1977.[3] 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] where from 1988 to 2025, he was chief pop music critic.[5] In 2025, The Hollywood Reporter described him as "one of the most influential reviewers of the music business."[6]
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Personal life
In 1994, Pareles married Mary Anne Cartelli, a lecturer in Chinese at Hunter College.[7]
Publications
- Pareles, Jon; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (1983). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. London: Rolling Stone. ISBN 978-0-718-12400-7.
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