Amy Linden

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Amy Linden
Born
United States
Nationality American
Other namesAmy Elizabeth Linden [1]
Occupation(s) Music journalist, music critic
Known for Four on the Floor

Amy Linden is an American music journalist and critic.

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As a journalist and music critic Linden has written for numerous publications such as The New York Times , [2] [3] The Village Voice , [4] Al Jazeera America , [5] XXL , [6] Vibe , [7] Spin [1] [8] and Vanity Fair . [9]

She is also known as a co-host on the VH1 music review television series Four on the Floor . [10]

Media

Linden has been praised by fellow music critics, journalist Kandia Crazy Horse told Rolling Stone that working on 2004's anthology Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll with Linden was very gratifying. [11]

Esquire magazine's music journalist Alan Light called Linden prescient in her analysis of singer Amy Winehouse. [12]

In 2023, Linden, who in 2014 was made a member of the Rock Hall nominating committee, correctly predicted on her podcast that the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony would be held in New York City and not Cleveland. [13] The event was later held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on November 2, 2023. [14]

Linden also co-hosts the Immaletyoufinish podcast. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Linden, Amy Elizabeth (August 1987). "Rap Attack". Spin . Archived from the original on May 23, 2024.
  2. Linden, Amy (December 5, 1993). "UP AND COMING: Toni Braxton; Her Throaty Alto Gently Echoes An Earlier Era". The New York Times . p. 38.
  3. Linden, Amy (May 26, 1996). "POP MUSIC; With Help From Roberta Flack, The Fugees Are Redefining Rap". The New York Times. p. 24.
  4. Linden, Amy (January 16, 2007). "All Hail the Ronette From Hell". The Village Voice .
  5. "Amy Linden". Al Jazeera America. 2015. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015.
  6. Wong, Alex (January 10, 2018). "The legendary 'XXL' Jay-Z, LeBron James, Kanye West and Foxy Brown cover". Andscape .
  7. Linden, Amy (December 1999). "Fiona Apple - 'When the Pawn...'". Vibe . 7 (10): 257. ISSN   1070-4701.
  8. Linden, Amy Elizabeth (August 1987). "Boogie Down Productions: Rap Attack". Spin . Archived from the original on September 23, 2020.
  9. Linden, Amy (October 1990). "Sight and Sound". Vanity Fair .
  10. Hinckley, David (December 3, 1995). "VH1's Spotlight Puts Harris on 'Floor'". New York Daily News . Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  11. Legaspi, Althea (October 23, 2023). "Breaking Through Rock Journalism's Boys' Club". Rolling Stone .
  12. Light, Alan (July 23, 2021). "Why Amy Winehouse Endures". Esquire .
  13. Morona, Joey (February 25, 2023). "2023 Rock Hall ceremony will take place in New York City, nominating committee member says". Cleveland.com.
  14. "38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". barclayscenter.com. Barclays Center. 2023.
  15. "Immaletyoufinish". iHeartRadio.