Jim Malec is an American journalist and pop music critic known for writing about country music.[1] Malec attended State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, where he worked as an editor for the college's student newspaper and was involved in a censorship dispute regarding student free speech rights.[2] He was named "Best Local Blogger About Country Music" by the Nashville Scene in 2009, with the paper commenting that he is "rough on country music in the way that only a person who loves and thinks deeply about an art form can be."[1] Malec's work has appeared in American Songwriter,[3] Slant Magazine,[4] Westword[5] and other outlets, and he is a contributor to the Nashville Scene's annual country music critics poll.[6][7]
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, music critic |
Malec is noteworthy for his coverage of Taylor Swift in the early stages of her career, referring to her as "a superstar in the making" in 2007.[8] His 2011 article "Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine"[9] chronicles Swift's move to Nashville and her integration into the Nashville songwriting community.
References edit
- ^ a b "Best of Nashville 2009: Politics and Media". Nashville Scene. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "First Amendment 101". Tampa Bay Times. 2004-07-25. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "Author Archive: Jim Malec". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Author Archive: Jim Malec". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "Author Archive: Jim Malec". Westword. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "The Ninth Annual Nashville Scene Country Music Critics Poll: Voters' Comments". Nashville Scene. 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ "From Jamey Johnson's triumphs to race and suicide, critics weigh in on the year in country music". Nashville Scene. 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "Music News: Taylor Swift". Westword. 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ Malec, Jim (May 2, 2011). "Taylor Swift: The Garden In The Machine". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
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