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Carol Cooper is a New York-based journalist and cultural critic who has been reviewing music, books, film, and live performance for over twenty years. Her work has appeared in national and international publications including Actuel (Paris), The Face (London), Latin New York, The Village Voice, Essence, Elle, New York Newsday, and The New York Times. Her essays have also been anthologized in following collections: Rock She Wrote, The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, Brooklyn, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough: Essays in Honor of Robert Christgau and Rolling Stone Press: The '70s. Her own collection of music, film, book, and nightlife essays Pop Culture Considered as an Uphhill Bicycle Race is available internationally from Amazon.com. Ms. Cooper has also done short tours of executive duty in the music industry, serving as East Coast Director of Black Music Artists and Repertoire for A&M Records in the mid-'80s, and National Director of Black Music Artists and Repertoire for Columbia Records in the early '90s.

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Tori Amos: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Live Review by Carol Cooper, New York Daily News, May 1996

Dallas Austin: Manchild In The Promised Land
Profile and Interview by Carol Cooper, Fanfare, July 1995

Anita Baker: Rhythm Of Love, Roberta Flack: Roberta
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, September 1994

Kurtis Blow : A B-Boy's Progress
Profile by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, September 1983

Braxtons, The : The Braxtons' Right Risks: So Many Ways
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1996

David Byrne Looks Forward...and Back
Interview by Carol Cooper, The L Magazine, Fall 2004

Chic : Bernard Edwards, 1952-1996
Obituary by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, May 1996

Commodores, The : The Past Of Young America
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

Bo Diddley : The Bo Diddley Beat Just Keeps Jangling Along
Live Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, December 1995

E.S.G. : Emerald Sapphire & Gold: Alive, Well And Working In The South Bronx
Interview by Carol Cooper, Dance Music Report, September 1990

Faith Evans: Faith
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

Roberta Flack : Anita Baker: Rhythm Of Love, Roberta Flack: Roberta
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, September 1994

Aretha Franklin: Return Of Soul Sister Number One
Comment by Carol Cooper, Pulse!, June 1996

Funkmaster Flex
Profile and Interview by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

Green Day: Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY
Live Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

Isaac Hayes: We Like Ike
Profile by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, July 1995

House Of Pain : House of Pain: House of Pain (Tommy Boy)
Review by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, July 1992

Freddie Jackson: Private Party/Christopher Williams: Not a Perfect Man
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

Kid Creole & The Coconuts : August Darnell And The Creole Perplex
Essay by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, July 1982

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: To The Life Boats
Profile by Carol Cooper, The Face, September 1983

Leadbelly : The Long Goodbye: Huddie Ledbetter’s Living Will
Essay by Carol Cooper, L.A. Weekly, November 1994

Bob Marley & the Wailers : Confronting Marley’s Legacy
Retrospective by Carol Cooper, The Record, September 1983

Pablo Moses’s Acid Reign
Profile by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, January 1984

Maria Muldaur: A Multifaceted Muldaur
Profile and Interview by Carol Cooper, Newsday, April 1996

Pebbles: Straight From The Heart
Review by Carol Cooper, Fanfare, September 1995

Lee Perry: From the Secret Laboratory (Mango)/Maxi Priest: Bonafide (Charisma)
Review by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, November 1990

Iggy Pop: Roseland, New York, NY
Live Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, April 1996

Maxi Priest : Lee Perry: From the Secret Laboratory (Mango)/Maxi Priest: Bonafide (Charisma)
Review by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, November 1990

Prince: Come (Warner Bros.)/1-800-New-Funk (NPG/Bellmark)
Review by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, August 1994

Prince: The Gold Experience
Review by Carol Cooper, Rolling Stone, November 1995

Prince: Someday Your Prince Will Come
Essay by Carol Cooper, The Face, June 1983

Tito Puente Live At SOB’s, New York: At The Top Of His Game
Live Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, June 1995

Otis Redding : The Definitive Otis Redding
Sleevenotes by Carol Cooper, Rhino Records, 1993

Tony Rich Project, The : The Tony Rich Project: Words
Review by Carol Cooper, Rolling Stone, 1996

Run DMC: Run For It
Profile and Interview by Carol Cooper, The Face, November 1984

Salt 'N' Pepa : Salt 'n' Pepa: Cool, Hot & Vicious (Next Plateau)
Review by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, January 1987

Scissor Sisters
Profile by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, June 2003

TLC : Pretty Young Things
Interview by Carol Cooper, Rolling Stone, August 1995

Warren G: Regulate...G Funk Era
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995

List of genre pieces

Check Yo’self At The Door: Cryptoheterosexuality And The Black Music Underground
Essay by Carol Cooper, Vibe, 1993

Jamaican Sunrise: The Promise, Problems and Ethos of Rasta Reggae
Essay by Carol Cooper, The Black American, 1980

Surf Pop: The New Wave
Retrospective by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, September 1996

The Black Music Association Movement Of Jah People
Report by Carol Cooper, Soho Weekly News, June 1979

The House that Rap Built
Overview by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, May 1990

The Noise From Brazil
Overview by Carol Cooper, Elle, August 1989

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