Mark Richardson

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

rock and pop music critic, @wsj, freelance elsewhere • former EIC @pitchfork • [email protected] • https://t.co/0yd4rnY6iX

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Articles

Movietone: The Blossom Filled Streets

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Mark Richardson

Start with a group of teenaged friends, a radio show, a record shop, and a shed where they can gather and make a racket. The origin story of Movietone, which is also that of the small but mighty Bristol scene its members and friends created together in the early 1990s, is in one sense an archetypal tale. But the music they made together during their run was theirs alone.
‘Missionary’ by Snoop Dogg Review: A Nostalgic Rap Return

Dec 17, 2024 | wsj.com | Mark Richardson

If you watched television coverage of the Summer Olympics in Paris earlier this year, you saw a whole lot of Snoop Dogg. The hip-hop star born Calvin Broadus was hired by NBC to be a catch-all ambassador, host and genial presence in the bleachers throughout the event, a situation that would have seemed unlikely if not impossible from the vantage point of 30 years ago.
Fennesz and the Meaning of Ambient Music

Dec 9, 2024 | hearingthings.co | Mark Richardson

Whenever I sit down to write about the music of Christian Fennesz, as I’ve now been doing for 25 years, I feel compelled to go back to the beginning. Some of the desire to take in the whole arc of his career has to do with how the environment he emerged from defined his aesthetic—the Austrian producer came on the scene in the late 1990s, when rapidly evolving computing power led to tools that made it possible to turn imagination into sound.
CDC develops five-year plan to improve health of rural Americans

Dec 7, 2024 | 953mnc.com | Mark Richardson |Liz Carey

In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its Rural Public Health Strategic Plan, which outlines the priorities, objectives and outcomes the agency hopes to see over the next five years as it collaborates with other federal agencies and various stakeholders on how to improve the health of rural residents.
Jeff Parker: The Way Out of Easy

Nov 21, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Mark Richardson

Guitarist Jeff Parker, 57 years old and with a few dozen albums out in the world, is having a moment. Some of that energy comes from his association with the International Anthem label, both as a leader and a sideman. As was true with his work with Tortoise, Isotope 217, and other groups on Thrill Jockey in his early days, it’s a hometown imprint that specializes in a style of experimental music that reaches new audiences.
‘Mahashmashana’ by Father John Misty Review: Self-Aware Sophistication

Nov 19, 2024 | wsj.com | Mark Richardson

In 2022, Josh Tillman put out “Chloë and the Next 20th Century,” his fifth album under the name Father John Misty. It was an important release for him because it was his first studio LP in four years, and it also seemed to signal a new hands-off approach to his media image.
Rural Emergency Hospital program aims to keep rural facilities from closing

Nov 2, 2024 | kmaland.com | Mark Richardson

(KMAland) -- With many rural hospitals on the financial critical list, Congress created a Rural Emergency Hospital model in 2021 to help deliver critical care to struggling communities in Nebraska and elsewhere. Two years in, the Bipartisan Policy Center has issued a report which showed care is improving where the system has been implemented but more work is needed. Under the model, 32 Rural Emergency Hospitals in 14 states have been established.
Voting at 16: more than a teen dream

Nov 1, 2024 | heysocal.com | Mark Richardson

| Photo by ray_explores CC BY 2.0 By Mark Richardson, ProducerA national voting rights group supports a push to lower the voting age in California and other states to 16 for state and local elections. The Vote16 USA campaign, sponsored by Generation Citizen, is a movement to get young voters involved in the political system and change their world for the better.
Rural Emergency Hospital program aims to keep rural facilities from closing

Oct 30, 2024 | norfolkneradio.com | Mark Richardson

With many rural hospitals on the financial critical list, Congress created a Rural Emergency Hospital model in 2021 to help deliver critical care to struggling communities in Nebraska and elsewhere. Two years in, the Bipartisan Policy Center has issued a report which showed care is improving where the system has been implemented but more work is needed. Under the model, 32 Rural Emergency Hospitals in 14 states have been established.
Rural Emergency Hospital program aims to keep rural facilities from closing

Oct 28, 2024 | kxcv.org | Mark Richardson

By Mark Richardson - Public News Service With many rural hospitals on the financial critical list, Congress created a Rural Emergency Hospital model in 2021 to help deliver critical care to struggling communities in Nebraska and elsewhere. Two years in, the Bipartisan Policy Center has issued a report which showed care is improving where the system has been implemented but more work is needed. Under the model, 32 Rural Emergency Hospitals in 14 states have been established.