Mark Kemp, Author at Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is the author of Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South and the editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine. He has written about music and culture since the early 1980s, and has served as senior music editor at Rolling Stone, VP of music editorial at MTV and VH1, executive editor of Option, entertainment editor at The Charlotte Observer, and editor-in-chief at Creative Loafing. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of songs by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. He currently serves as the senior editor of the North Carolina magazine Our State.

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MusicAugust 1, 2013

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? Robin Thicke’s new video — misogynistic, playful or something in between?

I once saw misogyny under every rock. I was in my early thirties and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore had offhandedly described a new movement of […]

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News & CultureJuly 24, 2013

The No. 1 human rights issue today is racial justice — as it’s always been

“Is there a problem, officer?” “Damn straight, it’s called race.” — Mos Def, “Mr. Nigga” I can’t shake my despair over the Trayvon Martin verdict. […]

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News & CultureJuly 20, 2013

Rolling Stone’s Boston bombing suspect cover is a false controversy

Over the past three days, I’ve been asked numerous times how I feel, as a former Rolling Stone editor, about the magazine’s latest cover featuring Boston […]

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FeaturedApril 22, 2013

Mark Kemp (from Wikipedia)

Mark Segal Kemp (born April 10, 1960, Asheboro, North Carolina) is an American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has […]

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