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Music journalism is a specialized branch of entertainment journalism — especially criticism and reportage about music. Ranging from lengthy profiles of singers and bands to brief album reviews, music journalism is at least several decades old. Magazines such as Rolling Stone and New Musical Express are well known for their musical journalism.

Music criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of music. Modern music criticism is often informed by music theory investigation of the many diverse elements of a music, including the development and methodology for analyzing, hearing, understanding, and composing music. See also music critic.


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