I’m an award-winning author, journalist and editor with profiles, interviews, and criticism in a variety of publications. Bylines include Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, Classic Pop, Record Collector, The Los Angeles Times, Stereogum, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Las Vegas Weekly.
I contributed liner notes to the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.’s Out of Time and Game Theory’s 2020 collection Across The Barrier Of Sound: PostScript and wrote Duran Duran’s essay for their 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
I’ve also been a radio commentator on various music and pop culture topics, appearing on NPR (All Things Considered and regional stations), the CBC, Sirius XM Canada and MPR. I’ve also been a talking head in the 2005 movie Punk’s Not Dead and in a 2014 Ovation TV special on the band Blondie.
Previously, I was on staff as music editor at The Riverfront Times and managing editor at Alternative Press. I also am an editor for the 33 1/3 Genre Series (Bloomsbury), working with writers to shape their books.
For writing or editing commissions, speaking engagements or press inquiries, please email: apstudiozaleski at gmail dot com
Books
- Women Who Rock (select chapters, including on Lady Gaga, Neko Case), Black Dog & Leventhal (2018)
- Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation for Power Pop (Jellyfish essay), Rare Bird (2019)
- Duran Duran’s Rio, part of the prestigious 33 1/3 book series, Bloomsbury (2021)
- Lady Gaga: Applause, illustrated biography, Palazzo Editions (2022)
- Duran Duran’s Rio: Limited Edition Celebrating the LP’s 40th Anniversary, 33 1/3 book series, Bloomsbury (2022)
- Why the B-52s Matter, University of Texas Press (forthcoming TBD)
- Pink: Raise Your Glass, illustrated biography, Palazzo Editions (2023)
Video
Song By Song: Blondie – Call Me – Signature Look – Ovation
Song By Song: Blondie – One Way Or Another – Influenced By Punk Rock – Ovation
Arlington Heights Library Presentation: 33 1/3 Annie Zaleski with Duran Duran’s Rio
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