August Third Thursday: Writing About Music

With the recent passing of Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold (who was also a very fine music critic), we’re reminded of how important a role cultural criticism plays in our understanding of not just a particular aspect of culture (like food or music) but also in our understanding of a place and the people living there. In this panel, three music critics and scholars will discuss their own approaches to writing about music and the culture, place, and people at the heart of it.