
Excellent piece by pianist Brad Mehldau responding to the NYTimes criticism of Billy Joel writing "1 or 1.5 kinds of songs"
My jaw dropped to the floor when I heard that utterly bizarre take. Mehldau hits on a lot salient points, making sense of the poor quality of music journalism.
Regardless of Billy Joel, I just cannot believe that people who know so little about music hold music criticism jobs at such a prestigious publication.
https://bradmehldau.substack.com/p/jon-caramanica-is-a-bad-cliche