Independents

Here you will find independent blogs by "self-appointed critics" and commentators who write about classical music. (For opinions from the press, see Newspapers.)

Featured Postings

Below are ten recent posts from bloggers listed on this page.

• A.C. Douglas Sounds & Fury, USA
• Alan Sherod Classical Journal, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Albert Innaurato Mrs. John Claggart's Sad Life, Philadelphia
  
• “Alex and Jonathan” Wellsung, Washington and New York
• Alex Ross The Rest is Noise, New York
• Alexandra Ivanoff An East-West Arts Life, Istanbul
  
• Allan Cronin New Music Buff, San Francisco
  
• Amanda Keil Thousandfold Echo, New York
• Andrew Burn The Heckeler, Ottawa
• Andrew Lindemann Malone DMV Classical, Washington
• Andrew Morris Devil’s Trill, London
• Andrew Patner The View From Here, Chicago
• Andy Doe Proper Discord, UK
  
• Anonymous A Year of Classics, London
  
• Anonymous Azurite’s Blog, UK
• Anonymous Barihunks, USA
• Anonymous Capriccio, London
• Anonymous Classicalify, [location unknown]
  
• Anonymous Goodbye, Florence [location unknown]
• Anonymous Il Giardino di Armida, Europe
  
• Anonymous Intermezzo, London
• Anonymous Mostly Opera, Copenhagen
• Anonymous Opera Cake, Paris
• Anonymous Opera Chat, UK
• Anonymous Opera Fresh, USA
• Anonymous Operatoronto’s Blog, Toronto
• Anonymous OperaTraveller, UK and Europe
• Anonymous Parsifal, Athens
• Anonymous Shozyg, London
• Anonymous Squirrel’s Nest, New York
• Anonymous Taminophile, New York
• Anonymous The Horn, USA
• Anonymous The Wagnerian, UK
• Anonymous Tristan Chord, USA
  
• Antoine Leboyer Beckmesser’s Rants, Geneva
• Axel Feldheim Not For Fun Only, San Francisco
• Barry Mitchell Theory of Music, London
  
• Bart Collins The Well-Tempered Blog, USA
• "Ben" Opus 111, Toronto
• Bill Rankin Edmontonarts, Edmonton, Canada
• Bob Kingston Dramma Per Musica, Portland
• Bob Shingleton On An Overgrown Path, UK
• “Brian” Out West Arts, California
• Brian Horay The Classical Beaver, Portland, OR
  
• Briana Fullwood Classics Declassified, Ithaca NY
• Bruce Hodges Monotonous Forest, US
• Bruce Reader The Classical Reviewer, UK
• "Bryan" Shellackophile
  
• Bryan Townsend The Music Salon, Mexico
• “Carlos” Anna Netrebko, Barcelona
• Chang Tou Liang Pianomania, Singapore
• Charles Lines Creativity in the Air, UK
• Charles Reid This Opera Life, USA
  
• Charles T. Downey Ionarts, Washington
• Charles Thiesen Ravishdears, Dorchester, Massachusetts
  
• Charlise Tiee The Opera Tattler, California
• “CharmNick” Grumpy’s Classics Cave
• Chip Michael Interchanging Idioms, Boulder, Colorado
• Christian Carey File Under ?, New Jersey
  
• Christian Morris and others Composition: Today, UK
• CK Dexter Haven All Is Yar, California
• “Clayton” Felis Pushkini, Columbia, Maryland
• Colin Eatock Eatock Daily, Toronto
• Courtney Smith Opera Chic, Milan
• Daniel Hathaway and Mike Telin CevelandClassical.com blog
• David Abrams CNY Café Momus, Syracuse, NY
• Dave Allen Hotbed of Intrigue, Philhadelphia
• David Allen Unpredictable Inevitability, UK and USA
• David Gregson Opera West USA
  
• David Patrick Stearns Condemned to Music, Philadelphia
• Dennis Marks, UK
• Dick Strawser Thoughts on a Train, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Doundou Tchil Classical Iconoclast, UK
• “Dr. B” Kinderkuchen for the FBI, Sacramento, California
• Elena Saavendra Buckley Neo Antennae, USA
• Elizabeth Frayer and Shawn E. Milnes Schleppy Nabucco's Opera Gonzo, USA
  
• Edmund St. Austell Great Opera Singers, USA
• Eduard Laurel CrackCritic, New York
  
• Edward Seckerson, London
• Emily E. Hogstad Song of the Lark, Wisconsin
  
• Evan Dickerson Comments on Culture, London
• Eric J. Klackner Everything But the Music, Kansas City
  
• Evan Tucker Epileptic Fits of Blogging, Washington
  
• “Extatic” Pêcheurs de Perles, Lyons, France
• Frankie Perry Frankie’s Musical Musings, Manchester
  
• “Fred” Random Classics, Boston
• Gale Martin Operatoonity, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Gavin Dixon Orpheus Complex, UK
  
• Gavin Plumley Entartete Musik, UK
• Gene Delisa Classical Music Droppings, New Jersey
• Gene Gaudet Syniphaï, New York
• Georgia Jamieson Emms, We Need to Talk About Opera, New Zealand
  
• George M. Wallace A Fool in the Forest, Pasadena, California
  
• Greg Sandow Sandow,Washington
• Grego Applegate Edwards Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review,New York
  
• Guy Dammann Through a Glass, Darkly, London
• “Hariclea” Opera is Magic!, London
• “Hairman” Hairman at the Opera, Cardiff
• Harriet Cunningham A Cunning Blog, Sydney
• Harry Rose Opera Teen, New York
• Harvey Sachs Overflow, New York
• Ilona Oltuski My Voice (Get Classical), New York
• J. Anthony McAlister Note x Note, Los Angeles
• James Bash and Lorin Wilkerson Northwest Reverb, Portland
  
• James Jordan Rough and Regie (Musical America), New York
• “Jason” Too Many Tristans, USA
• Jean-Yves Duperron A Classical Music Perspective,  Canada
• Jeff Mason From the Bench, USA
• Jennifer Choi, OperaSwag, Baltimore
  
• Jesssica Duchen Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music Blog, London
• Jim Migdoll Jim’s Classical Music, Victioria State, Australia
• Joe Barron Liberated Dissonance, Philadelphia
• Joe Horowitz The Unanswered Question, New York
• John Amis John Amis Online, London
• John Gibbons Holde Kunst, Chicago
• John Gilks Operaramblings, Toronto
• John J. Puccio Classical Candor, USA
  
• “John of Oz”, Sydney
• John Marcher A Beast in a Jungle, San Francisco
• John Nasukaluk Clare ClassicallyHip, USA
• John Terauds Musical Toronto
• Joshua Kosman On a Pacific Aisle, San Francisco
• “JRD” Opéra Chanteuse, Chicago
• “JSU” An Unamplified Voice, New York
• Keith Clarke London Underground (Musical America), UK
• Kelly Galbraith Themes and Variations, Toronto
  
• “La Cieca” (James Jorden) Parterre Box, New York
• Lawrence Austin Vinyl Fatigue, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Leon Dominguez Sieglinde’s Diaries, New York
• Leslie Barcza Barczablog, Toronto
  
• Leslie Kandell Notes on Notes, New York
• Libby Hanssen Proust Eats a Sandwich, Kansas City
  
• Linda Kernohan Miss Music Nerd, Boston
• Lisa Hirsch Iron Tongue of Midnight, San Francisco
• “LittleMurphyDog” Sacrifice, Florida
• “Lucy” Opera Obsession, New York
• Lydia Perovic Definitely the Opera, Toronto
• Marc Geelhoed Deceptively Simple, Chicago
• Marcia Adair The Omniscient Mussel, Guelph, Canada
• Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi Magic Moments, Seattle
  
• Mark A. Berry Mark Likes Music, New York
• Mark Berry Boulezian, London
• Mary Ellyn Hutton Music in Cincinnati
• Mary Kunz Goldman Music Critic, Buffalo, NY
• Matthew Guerrieri Soho the Dog, Boston
• Matthew Gurewitsch Pundicity, New York
• Maury D’Annato My Favorite Intermissions, New York
• Max Mandel The Invectivator, New York
• Melvyn Poll, Seattle
• Mike Greenberg Incident Light, San Antonio, Texas
  
• “MK” Tonic Blotter, Chicago
• Molly Sheridan Mind the Gap, USA
• Nancy Malitz and Lawrence B. Johnson Chicago on the Aisle
• Nat Ng Plink Plonk Plunk, Singapore
• “Neal” Neal’s Historical Recordings, USA
• Neil Smith Solo in Stuttgart, Germany
• Norman Lebrecht Slipped Disc, London
• “NPW” We Left at the Interval, Paris
• Pamela Hickman Pamela Hickman’s Concert Critique Blog, Israel
• Patrick Jovell Piano Street Blog, USA
  
• Patrick Vaz The Reverberate Hills, San Francisco
• Paul Austin Kelly, Lewes Classical, Southeast England
• Paul Kilbey, London
• Paul Pelkonen Superconductor, New York
• “Pete” Viola in Vilnius, Lithuania
• “Peter P” The Wagner Blog, New York
• Peter van Kranenburg Ex Musica, Utrecht
• Rick Jones Words and Music, London
• Robert D. Thomas Class Act, Southern California
• Robert Gable aworks, USA
• Robert Hugill Planet Hugill, London
• Robert Jenkins Wandering Capriccio, Australia
  
• Roberto Romani, Opera Rat, Chicago
• Roger Evans RogerEvansOnline.com, USA
• “RML” I Hear Voices, Germany
• Sarah Noble Prima La Musica, Australia and New Zealand
• "Sebastian" Classical Composers Blog in B Major, UK
  
• Sedgwick Clark Why I Left Muncie (Musical America), New York
• Sharon Torello (and others) LocalArtsLive, Philadelphia
  
• Sidney Chen The Standing Room, San Francisco
• Stanley Fefferman OpusOneReview, Toronto
• Stephen Brookes Most of the Shebang, Washington
• Steve Hicken Listen: Music For Your Ears, Tallahasee, Florida
• Steve Silverman A Gallimaufry of Whimsy, London
• Steve Smith Night After Night, New York
• Suby Raman, USA
  
• Susan Scheidt Prufrock's Dilemma, New York State
  
• Tam and Finn Pollard Where’s Runnicles?, Edinburgh
• Tania Halban Notesonnotes, UK
• Thierry Vagne Music classique & Co., France (in French and English)
  
• Tim Mangan Classical Life, Southern California
• Tim Rutherford-Johnson The Rambler, UK
• Tristan-Jakob-Hoff Lelio, UK
  
• Timothy Rosenberg How to Listen, Orlando, USA
  
• Various contributors Blognoggle, USA
• Various contributors Classical Voice America (Music Critics Association of North America)
• Various contributors I Care If You Listen, NY
• Various contributors LA Opus, Los Angeles
  
• Various contributors Oberto Blog, UK
  
• Various contributors Opera Pulse, USA
  
• Various contributors Talk Classical Blog (worldwide)
  
• Various contributors The Detritus Review, USA
• Vinny Fuerst Pytheas Talk, Yarmouth, Maine
  
• Wayne Koestenbaum My Big Gay Ears, Washington
• Will Robin Seated Ovation, New York
• "William" Opera Warhorses, USA
• William Zick Africlassical blog, USA
• Yvonne Frindle Thomasina's Last Waltz, Australia
  
• Zack Carstensen The Gathering Note, Seattle
• “Zerbinetta” Likely Impossibilities, New York
• “Zwölftöner” Von Heute auf Morgen, Vienna

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