joshlanghoff at gmail dot com

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Since 2004, I’ve written about music for a variety of publications, in a variety of formats: reviews, essays, interviews, and blurbs. I’ve also worked as a copy and section editor, and I turn in clean copy on time. Here’s a sample of my work:

The Cresset, humanities journal of Valparaiso University, music columnist 2015-present

• A Distinguished Composition of Significant Dimension: an overview of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, and an argument for why Kendrick Lamar deserved to win it (Michaelmas 2018 issue)
• No Room at the Bookstore: an account of Amy Grant’s 2016 Christmas album and LifeWay’s decision not to stock it (Advent-Christmas 2016 issue)
• Hamilton Tells a Juicy Story on Broadway and Beyond: a review of the musical Hamilton (Michaelmas 2016 issue)

Living Lutheran, the primary publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, contributor 2018-present (archive)

• The Unlikely Ministry of Los Tigres del Norte, a review of the documentary Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison (October 29, 2019)
• Go Looking for the Word, an interview with singer-songwriter-guitarist Peter Mayer (October 10, 2019)
• Heavenly Sounds, Humble Tool, an interview feature with musical sawist Natalia Paruz (June 12, 2019)
• A Voice That Embodied God’s Abundance, a review of the Aretha Franklin concert documentary Amazing Grace (June 4, 2019)

Minneapolis City Pages, the Twin Cities’ alt-weekly, contributor 2017-present

• 10 times Banda El Recodo, Mexico’s longest-running brass band, did something first(-ish), a history and concert preview (October 18, 2019)
• Digest Pitchfork’s ‘Best Albums of the 2010s’ list with this SUPERFUN TRIVIA QUIZ!!!, a quizicle (October 17, 2019)
• Thomas Rhett has become the Warren G. Harding of today’s pop country, a concert preview (September 5, 2019)
• Prediction: Salt-N-Pepa will upstage NKOTB’s ‘Magic Mike’ shtick tonight at Xcel, a concert review (June 11, 2019)

Remezcla, Latinx culture website

• The Tragic Artist Deaths that Reshaped the Future of Regional Mexican Music, a thinkpiece about Selena and Ariel Camacho (July 17, 2019)

Pitchfork, music website

• Karma Comes Back to You Hard, an article about Ariel Camacho and his posthumous hit “El Karma” (October 9, 2015)

One Week // One Band, multi-contributor music blog, wrote the entries on King’s X

PopMatters, music and culture website, contributed weekly reviews 2010-12 (archive)

• EMP’s Pop Conference Goes Mobile and Returns Home, an account of the 13th annual Pop Conference in Seattle (May 14, 2014)
• Rakim’s Top 5 Rhythmic Effects in “Follow the Leader” (March 6, 2013)

The Singles Jukebox, music website, contributed dozens of blurbs 2010-present (archive)

Village Voice, NYC alt-weekly, contributor 2004-6 (archive)

Please contact me for more info, and happy reading.