Unlike Many Music Journalists, NPR's Ann Powers Does Her Homework
Five years ago, NPR music critic Ann Powers relocated from Los Angeles to, of all places, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The trigger for the move was her husband Eric Weisbard‘s acceptance of a teaching position in the American studies department at the University of Alabama.
Powers tells student newspaper The Crimson White that she did not expect her move to correspond with a musical-artists renaissance in the U.S. south. She also reveals to Francie Johnson that laziness in the music journalism business remains pervasive:
To prepare for her interviews, Powers listens to the artists’ catalogs and spends time researching online and in music archives.
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