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.

Singer/songwriter beabadoobee expands her sound dramatically on 'Beatopia'

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Charming and catchy, Bartees Strange cuts across boundaries on 'Farm to Table'

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3 songs prove just how elastic the definition of country music has become

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Kendrick Lamar looks inward on 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers'

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Bonnie Raitt extends the boundaries of her signature sound with 'Just Like That'

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'Wet Leg' hooks you with their prickly, raunchy way of looking at the world

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Remembering jazz trumpet player Ron Miles, a thinking person's improviser

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Blueglass musician Del McCoury explores love gone bad on 'Almost Proud'

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Singer-songwriter Mitski brings surging energy and emotions to 'Laurel Hell'

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Connie Smith shines as an interpreter of heartbreak on 2 new releases

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