- Chris Richards
- Critic
Chris Richards became the Post's pop music critic in 2009. He has covered D.I.Y. house shows, White House concerts, go-go and Gaga. Follow him on Twitter at @Chris _ _ Richards.
- Go-go bands make their way back into city, but D.C.’s music is still a neglected treasure
- Randy Rogers Band, Britta Persson, Chapin Sisters: Critic's Notebook
- At Sweetlife Festival, music fans find plenty to smile about
- Are foodies quietly killing rock-and-roll?
- Mikal Cronin, R.L. Grime, Little Boots: Critic's Notebook
- Pistol Annies stay ablaze on ‘Annie Up’
- Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman -- mourning a musician fixated on death
- Charli XCX, Lori McKenna, Iggy and the Stooges, Allison Miller: Critic's Notebook
- Brother Ah on playing with John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra and more
- Brother Ah: A lifetime of jazz on local radio
- Phoenix, Colin Stetson, GrandeMarshall: Critic's Notebook
- Notable recordings from the world of pop music
- Daft Punk, 'Get Lucky' -- It's trending, but is it good?
- Record Store Day brings customers — and headaches — for independent stores
- Ashley Monroe talks "Like A Rose," Pistol Annies + watch "Like A Rose" acoustic video
- Critic's Notebook: Thee Oh Sees, Cassie
- Alicia Keys keeps it cool at Verizon Center
- Justin Timberlake, Mavis Staples and more bring sounds of soul to the White House
- Critic's Notebook: Bleached, Deadstring Brothers
- Hayley Williams and Paramore regroup, stronger than ever, with new album
- Critic's Notebook: Gretchen Wilson, Hiss Golden Messenger, Daft Punk
- NPR’s popular Tiny Desk Concerts are moving to a new building
- Critic's Notebook: Cigarette, Yelawolf, Alice Smith
- Library of Congress makes 25 additions to National Recording Registry
- Critic's Notebook: DJ Rashad, Julian Lynch, Disclosure
- Justin Timberlake and David Bowie: Pop futurists lost in Hollywood
- The big names came to SXSW, but the smaller ones were the ones who really made it
- SXSW 2013: Shhhh! I can’t hear the buzz!
- Wearable technology allows DJs’ movements to trigger sound
- SXSW: Nick Cave broods and Life Stinks doesn't stink at all
- SXSW: Chelsea Light Moving -- A familiar face with a new band
- Critic's Notebook: Shooter Jennings, Marcus Canty
- Country music's women's movement
- Kacey Musgraves, country music’s new real deal
- Critic's Notebook: Rhye, Helado Negro, Young Thug
- Ashley Monroe’s ‘Like A Rose’ is the first great album of the year
- Critic's Notebook: 3rd and Union, Moon B
- Martyn on growing up sci-fi, learning to DJ, and why EDM is meant for stadiums instead of clubs
- 'Harlem Shake' hits No. 1 as Billboard adds YouTube views to chart formula
- Critic's Notebook: Fat Trel and Louie V Mob, Iceage, Chelsea Light Moving
- From the Netherlands to N. Va., Martyn gets dancers on their feet
- ‘Pump Me Up’: Go-go best and brightest posters at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
- D.C.'s homegrown music scene hits the road
- Washington has a music scene, but it’s found in other cities
- National Recording Preservation Plan aims to protect America’s audio history
- Critic's Notebook: Jose James, Kevin Gates, Mikky Echo
- At 55th Grammy Awards, a night when pop’s best blends beautifully
- Troubled pop stars’ orbit is something we can escape
- Critic's Notebook: My Bloody Valentine, Lucrecia Dalt, Holly Williams, Le1f
- Beyonce brings sexy back to Super Bowl halftime
- The Lumineers: More boring than rousing
- Critic's Notebook: Lonnie Holley, Future, Western Medication
- Spring 2013 preview: Pop music
- Beyonce, lip-syncing and the question of authenticity
- Did Beyonce lip sync her National Anthem performance? Are you surprised?
- Critic's Notebook: Pro Era, Dawn Richard, Nosaj Thing
- Kids’ Inaugural has star power that gets youths moving at concert
- Critic’s Notebook: Parquet Courts, Destiny’s Child, Dylan Ryan/Sand
- Conga contest helps rally go-go community
- Jessie Ware brings songwriting to the prom
- Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley, Katy Perry, Usher and others to appear at inaugural balls and concerts
- Beyonce to sing ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ at inauguration
- Critic’s Notebook: Ashley Monroe, Wale, Burial and Skrillex
- Pinks Quieter: Psychedelic go-go from ... Portland, Oregon?
- Porter Robinson on performing live, writing new music and his quick rise to stardom
- Porter Robinson and Echostage represent the rise of EDM in 2012
- Arthur magazine, a counterculture favorite, returns to print
- Retailers pump up the volume to help drive up sales
- 2012 albums you probably missed — but shouldn’t
- Carole King to receive 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
- Paul McCartney to front a reunited Nirvana?
- Jingle Ball: Lots of bubble gum pop, kept short and sweet
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Rush, Heart, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Randy Newman and Albert King
- A penitent Psy brings ‘Gangnam Style’ to Washington
- Did ‘Gangnam Style’ rapper Psy rap about killing American soldiers and their families?
- Best pop music of 2012: Frank Ocean leads list of year’s top 10 albums
- Frank Ocean with a side of fun.: Picking this year’s most deserving Grammy winners
- Dave Grohl on why he played drums during Sunday’s Led Zeppelin tribute at the Kennedy Center
- Neil Young at Patriot Center: Still a heart of gold
- The long-playing saga of Columbia Records
- Kennedy Center Honors recipients Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones on Led Zeppelin’s fabled chemistry and unwritten future
- Led Zeppelin listened to each other and found rock-and-roll’s most magical formula
- Beastie Boys call for dismissal of Trouble Funk lawsuit
- Bikini Kill in D.C.: Memories from Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, Ian MacKaye, Jenny Toomey and Ian Svenonius
- Bikini Kill was a girl punk group ahead of its time
- Brian Eno: 5 essential recordings
- Brian Eno’s ‘Lux’: A return-to-form album by rock’s quiet legend
- One Direction, ‘Take Me Home’ album review
- Maracuyeah, creating a home for Latin music in Washington
- Concert review: Justin Bieber at Verizon Center
- I want to belieb: Getting lost in the Web of Justin Bieber
- ‘One Night with Janis Joplin’ — a lesson in channeling dead pop stars
- Our favorite rainy day songs # HurricanePlaylist
- ‘Forward’ is a campaign song to forget
- Drake makes surprise appearance at Yardfest to kick off Howard University’s homecoming
- Donovan gives Woody Guthrie lyrics new life
- Nats’ “Take on Me” fans aren’t afraid to take on the high notes
- ‘Take On Me’ becomes a Nationals battle cry
- Mix and match at FreeFest
- Virgin Mobile FreeFest: It got loud
- Virgin Mobile Free Fest takes over Merriweather Post Pavilion
- Rush, Public Enemy, Donna Summer among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
- Animal Collective, live at a misty Merriweather
- At Merriweather Post Pavilion, Gotye plays the hit, and the rest
- Animal Collective interview: Brian Weitz (Geologist) on living in D.C.
- Gospel brunch becomes a Sunday staple in D.C.
- John Talabot at U Street Music Hall — It might (not) get loud.
- Rihanna, “Diamonds” — it’s trending, but is it good?
- Bruce Springsteen means many things to many people in Washington
- Bruce Springsteen at Nationals Park: Live updates #brucedc
- Don Williams, a quiet troubadour whose voice has been heard
- Bob Dylan’s ‘Tempest’ delivers an ominous vision with fresh gravitas
- No room for Grimes in a genre box
- With VMAs, MTV celebrates an art form that’s more vital — and viral — than ever
- Minaj’s Romney rap underscores Obama’s wobbly relationship with world of hip-hop
- D’Angelo lights it up as opener for Mary J. Blige at Verizon Center
- Al Green: Still nimble with all the right notes
- Matthew Dear, techno’s musical chameleon and one-man band
- Echostage EDM club to open in D.C.
- Big Time Rush provides bubble-gum dessert at kids’ ‘state dinner’
- Grace Potter: Perennial up-and-comer pulls from her roots but isn’t afraid to get rowdy
- Fort Dupont Park: D.C.’s haven for music in the summertime
- Frank Ocean at the 9:30 Club: Contemplative, confident, rewarding
- For rock and pop stars, including Staind’s Aaron Lewis, country isn’t an easy genre to crack
- Concert review: Whitey Morgan and the 78’s at Hill Country
- Fans mourn Kitty Wells, Funk Brothers bassist Bob Babbitt — and more from the world of pop music
- Music review: Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’
- Frank Ocean drops album early — and more from the world of pop music
- The Dirty Projectors are all over the musical map in ‘Swing Lo Magellan’
- Positive reception for Twin Shadow’s ‘Confess’ shows mediocre taste in indie-rock world
- Debo Band prepares to serve Ethiopian jazz fusion to the masses
- The court case that changed hip-hop — from Public Enemy to Kanye — forever
- Frank Ocean comes out, discusses first love on Tumblr
- Did Chuck Brown’s mourners “clash” with police?
- Hendrix biopic won’t include Hendrix songs — and more from the world of pop music
- Chris Brown: A career timeline
- Chris Brown has ‘F.A.M.E.’ and ‘Fortune,’ but what about forgiveness?
- Flaming Lips aim for Guinness Book — and more from the world of pop music
- Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City, ‘Good Time’: It’s trending, but is it good?
- Mike Auldridge receives NEA National Heritage Fellowship — and more from the world of pop music
- Bieber asks fans to ‘Believe,’ but . . .
- Little Richard reigns supreme at Howard Theatre
- Tabi Bonney’s hip-hop stems from his father’s musical influence
- Singing and Praying bands take musical ministry to the masses
- Animal Collective to return to Merriweather Post Pavilion, and more from the world of pop music
- Waka Flocka Flame’s ‘Triple F Life’: Fire in his belly, bite in his words
- Review of Bobby Womack’s and the Congos’ new records
- Nicki Minaj refuses to apologize to New York radio station — and more from the world of pop music
- Alan Jackson’s ‘Thirty Miles West’: Reliably comforting
- Radiohead: writhing and rocking at Verizon
- A chat with Logan Westbrooks, the man who helped break Chuck Brown’s ‘Bustin’ Loose’
- D.C.’s jazz scene gets an online boost from CapitalBop’s young advocates
- Doc Watson dies: remembering the legendary guitarist through the Post archives
- Justin Bieber roughs up paparazzi? And more from the world of pop music
- Travis Porter’s debut album ‘From Day 1’ eclipsed by rap trio’s mix-tape output
- Wolf Trap kicks off summer season tonight
- One Direction whips Patriot Center into a G-rated frenzy
- Song of the Summer: Carly Rae Jepsen? Rita Ora? Icona Pop? Maybe a boy band?
- Summer songs, 2002-2011
- Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry adds new picks
- Austin City Limits announces line-up; Jay-Z unveils roster for Made In America festival — and more from the world of pop music
- Robin Gibb dies: Remembering the Bee Gees singer through the Post archives
- Dope Body carries on Baltimore’s out-there rock tradition
- Donna Summer dies — Remembering the disco queen through the Post archives
- Chuck Brown’s musical impact: Deep into Washington, and beyond
- Chuck Brown dies: The ‘Godfather of Go-Go’ was 75
- Lady Gaga to cancel concert in Indonesia — and more from the world of pop music
- Beach House’s ‘Bloom’: Dreamy pop that’s stately, sumptuous and alert
- Bacharach serenaded with his songs at D.C. Gershwin Prize concert
- Beastie Boys sued over Trouble Funk samples, legendary go-go band was unaware of lawsuit or Adam “MCA” Yauch’s death
- Mike D, Ad-Rock mourn MCA, thank fans — and more from the world of pop music
- Songwriters Burt Bacharach, Hal David to receive Gershwin Prize
- Adam Yauch dies: remembering MCA of the Beastie Boys
- Suddenly, audiences everywhere want to have fun.
- Chuck Brown death rumors swirl on twitter
- What brand of tire would Carrie Underwood slash?
- Review: Carrie Underwood’s dark side gives way to the sunshine on ‘Blown Away’
- Young Jeezy, President Obama and the White House’s complicated relationship with hip-hop
- Concert Review: Performers, and food, rock at Sweetlife Food and Music Festival
- Stream the Sweetlife Festival on Saturday, here on the Style Blog
- What will the Roots play when President Obama appears on “Fallon?”
- Sam McPheeters, from punk’s Wrangler Brutes to a new novel, “Loom of Ruin”
- ‘Jazz Samba,’ landmark album recorded in a D.C. church, turns 50
- Dick Clark’s ‘American Bandstand’ legacy lives on — in Philadelphia
- Levon Helm dies at age 71
- Mexican rock band Mana set record; Tupac ‘hologram’ may tour — and more from the world of pop music
- Rock Hall prepares to induct Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys and more
- Rap’s Future finds inspiration from pop singers
- Review: James Brown biography ‘The One’
- Axl Rose declines induction to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Is Lana Del Rey dating Axl Rose? — and more from the world of pop music
- ‘Bounce beat’ and go-go’s generation gap
- One Direction turns down White House invite — and more from the world of pop music
- Pianist finds the right notes between hip-hop and jazz
- Among masked musicians, maintaining anonymity is the new fame
- Fiona Apple puts on heartfelt concert
- Madonna’s childish ‘MDNA’ gets into the gnarly nooks of her personal life
- Share your #springplayist
- Fiona Apple postpones D.C. concert
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