In Reply to: Yes. posted by Kal Rubinson on October 28, 2011 at 08:12:48:
A reviewer is asked to write a feature article in Fanfare (interview or otherwise) only when said reviewer has had a chance to audition the CD(s) in question, and only if he or she is favorably disposed towards them. Often, reviewers will suggest an artist as a subject for a future interview, in some cases making the contacts and laying the groundwork.
In my two years of writing for Fanfare, I have NEVER been asked to write a "puff piece". In fact, I've written many "dissenting opinions", and every one has been published.
You may not like the fact that feature articles are linked to advertising, but it's the way that Joel Flegler has managed to stay afloat for so long. I think Fanfare's fairly unbiased coverage of small labels, contemporary music and artists, even early music, is worthy of praise and encouragement.
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- To clarify... - C.B. 14:16:29 10/28/11 (3)
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