Independents

Here you will find independent blogs by 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
• “Alex and Jonathan” Wellsung, Washington and New York
• Alex Ross The Rest is Noise, New York
• Allan Cronin New Music Buff, San Francisco
  
• Amanda Keil Thousandfold Echo, New York
• “Andrew” The Heckeler, Ottawa
• Andrew Lindemann Malone DMV Classical, Washington
• Andrew Morris Devil’s Trill, London
• Andrew Patner The View From Here, Chicago
• Anonymous A Year of Classics, London
  
• Anonymous Azurite’s Blog, UK
• Anonymous Barihunks, USA
• Anonymous Capriccio, London
• Anonymous Goodbye, Florence [location unknown]
• Anonymous Intermezzo, London
• Anonymous Mostly Opera, Copenhagen
• Anonymous Opera Cake, Paris
• Anonymous Opera Chat, UK
• Anonymous Opera Fresh [location unknown]
• Anonymous Opera Teen, New York
• Anonymous Operatoronto’s Blog, Toronto
• Anonymous OperaTraveller, UK and Europe
• Anonymous Opus 111, Toronto
• Anonymous Shozyg, London
• Anonymous Squirrel’s Nest, New York
• Anonymous Taminophile, New York
• Anonymous The Horn, USA
• Anonymous The Wagnerian, UK
• Antoine Leboyer Beckmesser’s Rants, Geneva
• Axel Feldheim Not For Fun Only, San Francisco
• Bart Collins The Well-Tempered Blog, USA
• 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
• Bryan Townsend, The Music Salon, Mexico
• Bruce Hodges Monotonous Forest, US
• “Carlos” Anna Netrebko, Barcelona
• Chang Tou Liang Pianomania, Singapore
• Charles T. Downey Ionarts, Washington
• Charlise Tiee The Opera Tattler, California
• “CharmNick” Grumpy’s Classics Cave
• Chip Michael Interchanging Idioms, Boulder, Colorado
• 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 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
  
• Edmund St. Austell Great Opera Singers, USA
• Edward Seckerson, London
• Evan Dickerson Comments on Culture, London
• 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 Plumley Entartete Musik, UK
• Gene Delisa Classical Music Droppings, New Jersey
• Gene Gaudet Syniphaï, New York
• 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
• Harvey Sachs Overflow, New York
• Ilona Oltuski My Voice (Get Classical), New York
• J. Anthony McAlister Note x Note, Los Angeles
• 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
• 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” Operaramblings, Toronto
• John Amis John Amis Online, London
• John Gibbons Holde Kunst, Chicago
• “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
• “La Cieca” Parterre Box, New York
• Lawrence Austin Vinyl Fatigue, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Leon Dominguez Sieglinde’s Diaries, New York
• Leslie Kandell Notes on Notes, New York
• 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
• 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
• “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 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
• Roberto Romani, Opera Rat, Chicago
• Roger Evans RogerEvansOnline.com, USA
• “RML” I Hear Voices, Germany
• Sarah Noble Prima La Musica, Australia and New Zealand
• Sedgwick Clark Why I Left Muncie (Musical America), New York
• 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
• Tam and Finn Pollard Where’s Runnicles?, Edinburgh
• Ted Ayala Klang! Klang! Klang!, Los Angeles
• Tim Mangan Classical Life, Southern California
• Tim Rutherford-Johnson The Rambler, 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 The Detritus Review, USA
• Wayne Koestenbaum My Big Gay Ears, Washington
• Will Robin Seated Ovation, New York
• Zack Carstensen The Gathering Note, Seattle
• “Zerbinetta” Likely Impossibilities, New York
• “Zwölftöner” Von Heute auf Morgen, Vienna

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