Jessica Hopper

Jessica Hopper appears in the following:

Iconic at 50: Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'

Friday, July 02, 2021

How Joni Mitchell's 1971 album 'Blue' was shaped by its time and has influenced music for generations to come.

Robyn Is The 21st Century's Pop Oracle

Thursday, August 23, 2018

An artist in control of her work, Robyn serves us a dreamy possibility beyond the rigid binaries and adapts pop's dance floor language into something that serves her own dreams.

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Indie Rock Sells Out, And Everyone's Happy

Monday, November 18, 2013

RookieMag music editor Jessica Hopper talks about her recent Buzzfeed piece, "How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock," which details the rise of ad dollars in indie music and the death of “...

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Writers Club: Women In Music: Critic's Picks

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

NPR Music's Ann Powers, and Jessica Hopper, music editor for RookieMag and author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, share some favorite books about or by women in music.

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Author Amy Tan; Writers Club: Women In Music; Bela Fleck And Brooklyn Rider

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In this episode: Best-selling author Amy Tan talks about her first book in eight years, The Valley of Amazement, tells us what playing in a band with Stephen King is like, and, she plays a few favorite songs for Soundcheck's Pick Three series.

Then, this week's Writers Club: Women In Music series continues with NPR Music's Ann Powers and RookieMag music editor Jessica Hopper, who share their favorite books about women in music.

And, the borders between musical styles come crashing down as the globetrotting banjo player Bela Fleck and the adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider play a live set in the Soundcheck studio.

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Lana Del Rey's Internet Ambition: Smackdown

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Critics and bloggers have roasted singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey for her lack of “indie cred” and an underwhelming performance on Saturday Night Live. But her detractors can’t stop talking about her – and her album is selling well on iTunes. We debate this image-conscious Internet sensation – and learn more about her backstory with Chicago-based rock columnist Jessica Hopper and Washington Post pop music critic Chris Richards.

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Girls Rock! Here's How.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Jessica Hopper, author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking: How To Start a Band, Book Gigs, and Get Rolling to Rock Stardom, discusses the essential first steps for young female rock musicians.

Tell us: Are you a young female musician? Do you know one? Post your questions (and advice) ...

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