The Making of a Music Critic

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 23, 2015

Robert Christgau, music critic for The Village Voice and other publications and the author of Going into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man (Dey Street Books, 2015), looks back on his - and his hometown's - music history. 

EVENTS: Robert Christgau will be at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn Tuesday 2/24 at 7pm, and at The Strand Wednesday 2/25 at 7pm. 

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