Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker reviews rock, country, hip-hop and pop music for Fresh Air. He is a cultural critic who has been the editor-at-large at Entertainment Weekly, and a film critic for New York Magazine. His work has won two National Magazine Awards and two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. He has written book reviews for The New York Times Book Review and other publications.
Tucker is the author of Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and Kissing Bill O'Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy: 100 Things to Love and Hate About Television.
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- Super Deluxe Release Of Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' Holds Up As A Masterpiece
- Country Singer Mickey Guyton Opens Up About Race And Gender In 'Black Like Me'
- The Happy Fits Deliver Fresh And Snappy Pop On 'What Could Be Better'
- 3 Beautiful Songs Offer Comfort In The Face Of Cruelty
- With 'Folklore,' Taylor Swift Marks Off Her Past And Enters A New Phase
- HAIM Radiates Sunniness In 'Women In Music Pt. III'
- Bob Dylan's 'Rough And Rowdy Ways' Breathes, Expands And Contracts
- Lady Gaga And Carly Rae Jepsen, Both With Bold Albums, Make Isolation Less Lonely
- LA Punk Band X Returns With Go-For-Broke Urgency In 'Alphabetland'
- With 'Future Nostalgia,' Dua Lipa Reminds Us How To Feel Care-Free
- A Salute To John Prine, A Meticulous Craftsman With A Gift For Detail