A new article I wrote about an important topic, Youth and Music Journalism, was recently published at Dorq, a collaborative project featuring “Digital Opinions, Reviews and Questions” from their contributors, now including…yours truly! They have articles from various authors on a variety of subjects, and this is quality material:

Read Marilyn Roxie’s Youth and Music Journalism article at Dorq!

This is a subject that is dear to my heart, as it allows for a love of music and writing to be combined! I’d like to add that it was primarily through reading some great music blogs and exploring the journals and posts at websites like Last.fm and MOG that gave me the push I needed to give this A Future in Noise music blog a go. I am always happy for the comments and feedback I receive, as well as some very talented musicians and fellow bloggers I have connected up with through all this. Thank you! :)

A couple of related links…
Allmusic: Huge repository of professional music reviews and information on virtually everything album-related, making it an excellent destination for research. Also, the Allmusic Blog is a worthwhile read.
Rock’s Backpages: “13,000 articles, interviews and reviews from the world’s best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day.”

A couple of related reads…
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - Robert Dimery: Well-written, info-packed reviews on each of these specially selected “must-hear” albums. I’ve heard 56% of them, and I plan to get ‘em all heard eventually!
NME Originals: Special-edition issues bringing together articles and photos from the archives and new material, focusing on artists (like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana) or music movements (Madchester, Goth, Glam, Mod, Britpop, etc.), and are put together incredibly well and absolutely do justice to the subjects they feature.