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Talking Music with Sasha Frere-Jones

1,516 views · Published 7 November 2014 · 58:46 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Chicago Humanities · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

Writer and musician Sasha Frere-Jones has been a staff writer and the pop music critic for the New Yorker since 2004. Nearly every review delivers a remarkable history lesson, as he smartly and seamlessly provides context for the most current artists by looking back and sideways at musical precursors and multiple genres. Joined by art and music curator John Corbett, Frere-Jones uses his musician’s ear to explain how and why the music we love works—or doesn’t.

This program is generously underwritten by Paula R. Kahn.

This program was recorded on November 1, 2014 as part of the 25th Anniversary Chicago Humanities Festival, Journeys: http://chf.to/2014Journeys

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