Maddy Costa - Maddy took over
Readers Recommend from founding writer Dorian
Lynskey on April 18, 2008 with songs about anxiety.
A young mother of one with another baby on the way,
Maddy is a busy woman juggling family, career and
her favorite pastime - dancing. She is a
member of the
Actionettes dance troupe which performs
around London. The members of the troupe have
nicknames ending in "ette" and Maddy goes by
Corvette. She contributes to the blog as
misscorvette. You can see a list of her recent
Guardian articles
here.
Rob Fitzpatrick -
Rob Fitzpatrick took over the Readers Recommend
column on Feb. 13, 2009 when Maddy went on maternity
leave. He's Contributing Editor at The Word magazine
and writes for The Guardian and The Sunday Times.
Rob is also the co-author of
Gods of Rock. Be sure to click on the
preview tab for some generous excerpts of this
fascinating collection of music trivia. You can find
Rob's Guardian articles
here.
Dorian Lynskey - Dorian was
the founder of the Readers Recommend series which
launched on Sept. 16, 2005. At the time, he declared
his intention was not to make playlists of the most
popular or best songs recommended but, rather,
"to create a diverse and engaging
listening session". As he put it, "the song at number one isn't
necessarily the best song on the list:
just the best choice of opening track.
The idea is to introduce everyone to
some more obscure pieces of music,
reaffirm some old favourites and satisfy
my own capricious whims, all at the same
time."
| "I take into account how many
times a song is nominated, but I don't
just choose the most popular
recommendations. Nor do I select songs I
already know: each week I seek out some
of the more intriguing recommendations
and include some that I've never heard
before." In early 2008 a collection of
his columns was published as
The Guardian Book of Playlists.
Dorian continues to write for The
Guardian and you can see his recent articles
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Paul MacInnes - Paul took
over the column on May 29, 2009.
He is the entertainment editor
of
guardian.co.uk. He was
the public face of Operation
Clark County, invented the Fiver
and hosts the Music Weekly
podcast. He is both a lapsed
ginger and a lapsed Catholic.
You can find his Guardian
articles
here.
More writer profiles coming soon.
