College of William & Mary (BA) Columbia University
Occupation
Music journalist
Notable work
Pink Moon (2007); It Still Moves (2009); Do Not Sell at Any Price (2014)
Spouse
Bret Stetka
(m. 2005–2022)
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship (2016)
Amanda Petrusich (born c. 1980) is an American music journalist. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of three books: Pink Moon (2007), It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music (2008), and Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records (2014).
AmandaPetrusich (born c. 1980) is an American music journalist. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of three books: Pink Moon (2007)...
songwriter Amanda Peet (born 1972), American actress Amanda Perez (born 1980), American singer Amanda Peterson (1971–2015), American actress AmandaPetrusich (born...
book by American music journalist AmandaPetrusich. Do Not Sell At Any Price grew out of research for a piece Petrusich wrote for Spin circa 2010; in reporting...
a sonic similarity to their past collaborations. The New Yorker's AmandaPetrusich rather favored Dessner's input to the album as "gentler, more tender...
endeavors into the mainstream public for the first time. Music journalist AmandaPetrusich discusses the song in her book about collecting 78 rpm records, Do...
Paramount masters and unsold 78s, but they were unsuccessful. Author AmandaPetrusich also dived in the river looking for records for her 2014 book Do Not...
using only Christmas lights and an IKEA lamp with a red lampshade. AmandaPetrusich in her 2012 article on Young for The New York Times states that he...
in his prime. Also touching on the quality of the vocal delivery, AmandaPetrusich of The New Yorker said " [h]is vocals are pleasantly imperfect—still...
Music's New Genre Benders". Utne Reader. Retrieved March 31, 2012. AmandaPetrusich (August 25, 2008). "It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and...
Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020. AmandaPetrusich (July 13, 2020). "Why the Chicks Dropped Their "Dixie"". The New Yorker...
in October 2019 during this tour. The band's music was described by AmandaPetrusich as "heavy, meditative, and tender", and reminiscent of "players like...
Documentary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 19, 2019. Mother Country by AmandaPetrusich Smithsonian magazine April–May 2022 edition Pages 32-34 Nassour, Ellis...
Yorker stating that he overshadowed the lead artists on those songs. AmandaPetrusich of The New Yorker described him as "arguably one of the most instinctive...
lunatic wail". Upon the release of Hole's 2010 album, Nobody's Daughter, AmandaPetrusich of Pitchfork compared Love's raspy, unpolished vocals to those of Bob...
second album, What in the Natural World. Writing for The New Yorker, AmandaPetrusich named What in the Natural World to her, "My Ten Best Albums of 2017"...
other artists to "weaponize fans in their business disputes". Author AmandaPetrusich described Swifties' allegiance as both "mighty and frightening". The...
Singers of All Time. In a review of the Eras Tour, The New Yorker critic AmandaPetrusich praised the clarity and tone of Swift's live vocals. The musicologist...
portrait of her homeland as a country built on bloodshed and battle". AmandaPetrusich, in her review for Spin, praised the album's "bloody and forceful"...
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