Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden | |
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| Born | July 18, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
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| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Album Notes |
Stephen Holden(born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English fromYale Universityin 1963. He worked as a photo editor, staff writer, and eventually became anA&Rexecutive forRCA Records[2]before turning to writing pop music reviews and related articles forRolling Stonemagazine,Blender,The Village Voice,The Atlantic,andVanity Fair,among other publications. He first achieved prominence with his 1970sRolling Stonework, where he tended to cover singer-songwriter andtraditional popartists. He joined the staff ofThe New York Timesin 1981, and subsequently became one of the newspaper's leading theatre and film critics.
Holden's experiences as a journalist and executive with RCA led him to write the satirical novelTriple Platinum,[2]which was published byDell Booksin 1980. He is the recipient of the 1986Grammy Award for Best Album Notesfor the liner notes he wrote forThe Voice: The Columbia Years,aFrank Sinatraanthology.[3]His poetry has been featured inThe New Yorkerand is included in the anthologyThe New Yorker Book of Poems.
In the mid-1990s, Holden became a second-string film critic, moving into the role of first-string movie critic by year 2000.[1]
Holden has appeared on60 Minutes,20/20,andEntertainment Tonight,[1]and has provided commentaries onNational Public Radio.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcd"Stephen Holden".The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon June 16, 2013.RetrievedMay 3,2019.
- ^abc"Stephen Holden On 'Song Travels'".NPR.NPR.December 27, 2013.RetrievedAugust 25,2021.
- ^"Stephen Holden".Grammy Awards.RetrievedAugust 25,2021.
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