Ken Tucker

Rock critic Ken Tucker gives us his year's best.

Rock critic Ken Tucker picks his favorite pop music of 1994, running the gamut from country to rock to singer-songwriters.

At the recent Public Radio Conference in San Antonio, Texas, three Fresh Air arts reviewers swapped stories at a critics forum. Rock critic, Ken Tucker; commentator and book critic, Maureen Corrigan; and TV critic, David Bianculli, offered their thoughts on issues such as media hype and how to deal with it. They shared anecdotes about angry subjects of negative reviews who seek revenge against the reviewer. That panel discussion will be aired today.

Rock critic Ken Tucker gives his list of bests (and a worst) for 1993.

Terry talks with rock critic Ken Tucker about his list of favorite records from 1992 across genres.

Rock critic Ken Tucker discusses the year in rock music, and he runs down his choice for the top ten records of 1991.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews two new albums from some classic rock singer-songwriters: James Taylor's "New Moon Shine" (Columbia) and Warren Zevon's "Mr. Bad Example" (Giant Records).

The Fresh Air rock critic gives us his ten best for 1990 and his thoughts on the music scene over the year.

Terry talks with Fresh Air's rock critic, Ken Tucker, about rock in the 80s.

Rock critic Ken Tucker talks with Fresh Air host Terry Gross about the year in music. He says 1988 had an eclectic array of hits, with folk and hard rock albums both reaching the top of the charts.