Jon Pareles

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Jon Pareles
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Pareles in 2008
Born1953 (age 71–72)
Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater Yale University
OccupationJournalist

Jon Pareles (born 1953 [1] ) is an American journalist. He was chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times from 1988 to 2025.

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Early life and education

Pareles was born in Connecticut. [1] He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University in 1974 [2] with a degree in music. [3] While at Yale, he wrote on music for the newspaper, played the Harkness Tower carillon, and DJed for the radio station. [2]

Career

Pareles began working as a music critic in 1977. [3] In the 1970s, he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy! , where he published his first works (outside school publications); [4] and in the 1980s, an associate editor at Rolling Stone and the music editor at The Village Voice . He started contributing to The Times in 1982. [3] He reviews popular music in the arts section of The Times, [4] where from 1988 to 2025, he was chief pop music critic. [5] In 2025, The Hollywood Reporter described him as "one of the most influential reviewers of the music business." [6]

Personal life

In 1994, Pareles married Mary Anne Cartelli, a lecturer in Chinese at Hunter College. [7]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 J. E. P. (November 2008). "Pareles, Jon". Current Biography . 69 (11). H. W. Wilson Company: 75–78. ISSN   0011-3344. EBSCOhost   35487780 . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "A Wealth of Musical Knowledge: Jon Pareles". Yale Daily News. November 14, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Hay, Carla (March 20, 2004). "Meet the Critics". Billboard . Vol. 116, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1, 88. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Ward, Steven (July 2001). "The Grey Lady's Pop Music Man: Jon Pareles in Conversation". rockcritics.com. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ Spangler, Todd (July 15, 2025). "New York Times Culture Desk Shake-Up: Critics Margaret Lyons, Jon Pareles, Jesse Green, Zach Woolfe Reassigned to 'New Roles'". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ Weprin, Alex (July 15, 2025). "New York Times Reassigns Longtime Music, Theater and TV Critics in Surprise Move". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Ms. Cartelli, Mr. Pareles". The New York Times. January 9, 1994. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 16, 2025.


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