Brett Milano

Brett Milano

Milano introducing Boston musician Willie Alexander on cover of The Sound of Our Town
Born 1957
Residence Somerville, Massachusetts
Occupation Writer, music journalist
Website
www.brettmilano.com

Brett Milano (born 1957) is a Boston-based music critic and columnist, and the author of three books.

Biography

Milano attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst before relocating to Boston in 1980 and entering the Boston music scene as a music journalist.[1] He was a long-time columnist for the Boston Phoenix, as well as the Boston Globe and Sound & Vision magazine. Milano has also written for publications such as Billboard, Pulse, and the College Media Journal.[2] In 2013, he became the editor of OffBeat, where he has written about music since 2005.[3]

According to the Boston Globe, Milano is a veteran music critic whose 2007 book, The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock and Roll, "should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding Boston's unique contribution to rock 'n' roll."[4] The book depicts Boston's "diversity of scenes and attitudes, much of it driven by the constant influx of college students and transplants", creating a "healthy dissonance" that defined the Boston rock sound.[4]

Milano has been interviewed in documentary films as an authority on rock music,[5] and has written liner notes for albums by Todd Rundgren, the Cars, and the Smithereens. He compiled and annotated the 1993 Rhino Records CD release D.I.Y.: Mass. Ave: The Boston Scene (1975–83), a compilation of Boston punk history. Prior to his journalism career, Milano worked in A&R and publicity for Alias Records and Rhino Records. Milano also worked for Harmonix as a writer, editor, and researcher for its Rock Band video game.[3]

Turning his hand to fiction, he is the author of two short stories anthologized in the 2011 and 2012 volumes of Tales from the House Band, a series of books edited by Deborah Grabien.[6][7]

Milano lives in the Boston area, and was married in 2013.[8]

Partial bibliography

Books:

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Steven Ford (September 14, 2007). "Talking about the Boston Sound with Brett Milano". Boston Music Spotlight. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Milano, Brett (2003). Vinyl Junkies: Adventures in Record Collecting. Macmillan. ISBN 9781466827219.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ramsey, Jan (June 1, 2013). "Mojo Mouth: Bigger and Better". OffBeat. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leddy, Chuck (January 10, 2008). "Rocking history lesson shows city was in a class by itself". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2014-02-10.
  5. ↑ Brett Milano at the Internet Movie Database.
  6. ↑ Grabien, Deborah, ed. (2011). Tales from the House Band, Volume 1. Plus One Press. ISBN 9780984436248.
  7. ↑ Grabien, Deborah, ed. (2012). Tales from the House Band, Volume 2. Plus One Press. ISBN 9780986008504.
  8. ↑ "BGN News Archive". Boston Groupie News. May 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02.
  9. ↑ Simon, Clea; Milano, Brett (1985). Boston Rock Trivia. Quinlan Press. ISBN 9780933341234.
  10. ↑ Milano, Brett (2007). The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock and Roll. Commonwealth Editions. ISBN 9781933212302.

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