Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is senior editor and chief music critic of the Village Voice.

Currently

  • A Darker Shade of Noir

    April 20, 2006

    Walter Mosley's Fortunate Son is a serious novel about intimately connected yet diametrically opposed black and white stepbrothers.

2005

  • In Search of Sam Cooke

    September 22, 2005

    A womanizing gospel king and black-pride pop star, Sam Cooke led a short life filled with contradiction.

  • The First Lady of Song

    June 9, 2005

    Billie Holiday wasn't just adored by her fans but by her friends and colleagues as well.

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