Selvin prepares to grill a chili pepper, July 2009[1]
Born
(1950-02-14) February 14, 1950 (age 74) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation
Music critic, music journalist
Nationality
American
Period
1970–present
Subject
Pop music, rock music
Website
www.joelselvin.com
Joel Selvin (born February 14, 1950) is an American San Francisco-based music critic and author known for his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ran from 1972 to 2009. Selvin has written books covering various aspects of pop music—including the No. 1 New York Times best-seller Red: My Uncensored Life In Rock with Sammy Hagar—and has interviewed many musical artists.[2] Selvin has published articles in Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, Billboard, and Melody Maker, and has written liner notes for dozens of recorded albums.[3] He has appeared in documentaries about the music scene and has occasionally taken the stage himself as a rock and roll singer.
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^Flaska, Barbara. "San Franciscan Nights: Music Writer Joel Selvin in Conversation". RockCriticsArchives.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
JoelSelvin (born February 14, 1950) is an American San Francisco-based music critic and author known for his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle...
Stone. December 3, 2010. Selvin, Joel (1998), pp. 1–4. Selvin, Joel (1998), p. 12. Selvin, Joel (1998), pp. 8–9. Selvin, Joel (1998), p. 88; interview...
Selvin may refer to: Selvin Christopher, Indian aerospace engineer Selvin González (1981–2006), Salvadoran footballer Selvin Laínez (born 1983), Honduran...
American Counterculture of the 1960s and '70s, (New York, 2002), p. 7. Selvin, Joel (1999). Summer of Love The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love...
original on 26 June 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2011. JoelSelvin (23 March 2008). "Selvin, Joel, San Francisco Chronicle, "A brief history of ska" Sunday...
Hagar, Sammy; Selvin, Joel (2011). Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. HarperCollins. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-06-200928-9. Hagar, Sammy; Selvin, Joel (2011). Red:...
2009. "Police probe MP's suspicious death". BBC News, 8 February 1994 JoelSelvin (16 September 1996). "More Than 'The Piano Player'". San Francisco Chronicle...
ISBN 9780872864177. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via Google Books. Selvin, Joel (1 April 1996). San Francisco: The Musical History Tour: A Guide to Over...
Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Sam Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, JoelSelvin, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, Robert...
influence on later ska practitioners. San Francisco Chronicle music critic JoelSelvin wrote of the Uptones in San Francisco Chronicle's list of top 100 Bay...
In the liner notes for the 2008 expanded reissue of Bayou Country, JoelSelvin explained that the songs for the album started when Fogerty was in the...
Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues by JoelSelvin, a book on his life and career, was published in 2014. A musical, Piece...
Times. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. JoelSelvin (March 23, 2008). "Selvin, Joel, San Francisco Chronicle, "A brief history of ska" Sunday...
Windows 95 operating system, "The Microsoft Sound". In an interview with JoelSelvin in the San Francisco Chronicle, Eno said: The idea came up at the time...
Scaggs Interview". www.beautifulboz.com. Retrieved September 19, 2022. JoelSelvin (March 20, 2020). "Slim's to close for good after more than three decades...
imitations of music he seemed to like. JoelSelvin called it "the strangest record of his career." Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson : idol for a generation...
she's a natural. She picks up dance steps very quickly." According to JoelSelvin of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Thomas and Jackson also collaborated...
her tour, she was acknowledged for the cultural impact of her music. JoelSelvin of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote "the 23-year-old has been making...
Artists: Sounds of San Francisco" at an Audio Engineering Society convention in 2012. Left to right: Mario Cipollina, Peter Albin, JoelSelvin, McDonald...
their first show in the U.S. without founding drummer Mike Portnoy. JoelSelvin (2008-07-03). "Battle of the Bay Area concert promoters". San Francisco...
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