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Christopher John Farley is a senior writer and the pop music critic for Time Magazine. He appears frequently on MTV, VH1, MSNBC, Fox and CNN to talk about music and pop culture. He is the author of "My Favorite War," and is working on his second novel set in the 19th century in Jamaica. He spoke with JournalismJobs.com about his experiences covering the music industry.
JournalismJobs.com: How did you get interested in writing about music?
Farley:
JournalismJobs.com: Are you ever in awe when you interview big name artists?
Farley: I've talked with a lot of top artists everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Bob Dylan to Lauren Hill to Aretha Franklin to Joni Mitchell and Prince some of these people who are sort of the most reclusive stars of the world and some people who have had the biggest influence in pop music. I'm actually more in awe of the smaller artists like [Canadian folk rocker] Sara Harmer, or people like Alana Davis, who I think is a terrific pop rocker. She's not rich, she's not super well-known by any means. I'm just constantly in awe of people who are willing to sort of put themselves out there and do it for a love of the art and not to become famous. And that's what impresses me the most, not hanging out with Dylan backstage, which I've done.
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