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Greg Kot
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Greg Kot

Greg Kot has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune since 1990. Kot is co-host of the nationally syndicated public-radio program Sound Opinions, and the author of several books, including Wilco: Learning How to Die and Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. He lives in Chicago.

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I'll Take You There will be released on January 21, 2014 in Hardcover, eBook
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Huffington Post, April 4, 2013
...Christiansen, who put Steppenwolf Theatre on the map back in the '80s, as well as Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, who have written some of the best rock criticism of the day, in book and column form. The newspaper critics who taught me my craft -- Ebert...
Charlotte Observer, December 12, 2012
...s the one Withers album to own if you don't want to spring for the entire set. Greg Kot: greg@gregkot.com...
Northwestern University, December 5, 2012
...critical praise, Butler says, “we knew we could easily make a living at this.” Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot admits he wasn’t blown away by Funeral (listen to his 2011 interview with Butler for WBEZ's "Sound Opinions"). “I was not...
Chicago Tribune, October 5, 2012
...Theatre. Hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco and Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen among the musicians joining Tribune rock critic Greg Kot and his "Sound Opinions" co-host Jim DeRogatis on "Music: Tuning In" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Museum of Contemporary...
Onion AV Club, October 5, 2012
...Rabin A few years back, I did a reading and signing for my memoir with Chuck Klosterman and Greg Kot, who both had music-themed books out with my publisher Scribner that afforded me the privilege of watching 95 percent of the crowd blithely skip past...
Chicago Tribune, October 3, 2012
...Byrne will be among those in front of the pack, trying to figure out how to get there. Greg Kot is a music critic for the Chicago Tribune. How Music Works By David Byrne, McSweeney's, 332 pages, $32 Watch...
Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2012
...Byrne will be among those in front of the pack, trying to figure out how to get there. Greg Kot is a music critic for the Chicago Tribune. How Music Works By David Byrne, McSweeney's, 332 pages, $32 Watch...
Imperial Valley Press, January 18, 2013
...On The Town: 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend Must-see winter music shows in Chicago Greg Kot's top 10 albums of 2012 Photos Photos: Celebrity sightings in Chicago X Maps 1:42 p.m. PST, January 17, 2013 It's OK if you call it...
22 WSBT, January 18, 2013
...On The Town: 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend Must-see winter music shows in Chicago Greg Kot's top 10 albums of 2012 Photos: Celebrity sightings in Chicago X Maps 4:42 p.m. EST, January 17, 2013 It's OK if you call it a...
Morning Call, January 18, 2013
...On The Town: 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend Must-see winter music shows in Chicago Greg Kot's top 10 albums of 2012 Photos Photos: Celebrity sightings in Chicago X Maps 4:42 p.m. EST, January 17, 2013 It's OK if you call it...
Kansas WB, January 18, 2013
...On The Town: 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend Must-see winter music shows in Chicago Greg Kot's top 10 albums of 2012 Maps 3:42 p.m. CST, January 17, 2013 It's OK if you call it a comeback: Until recently, Brandy Norwood, teen...
WDBJ7.com, January 18, 2013
...On The Town: 10 things to do in Chicago this weekend Must-see winter music shows in Chicago Greg Kot's top 10 albums of 2012 Photos Photos: Celebrity sightings in Chicago X Maps 4:42 p.m. EST, January 17, 2013 It's OK if you call it...
Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2013
...the biggest names in alt-country and indie rock, earned rhapsodic reviews from Rolling Stone and the Tribune's Greg Kot, developed a passionate local following and then seen all of that simmer down in recent years, as babies came, Christiansen battled...
Minnesota Public Radio, January 15, 2013
...critic for The New York Times. Ratliff will join The Daily Circuit along with Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot. Will Minn. Legislature tackle energy policy this session? Sin taxes and the deficit...