The Life and Writings of Ralph J. Gleason:
Dispatches from the Front
Discover the enthralling world of Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneering music journalist who expanded the possibilities of the newspaper music column, sparked the San Francisco jazz and rock scenes, and co-founded Rolling Stone magazine. Gleason not only reported on but influenced the trajectory of popular music.
About Don Armstrong
Don Armstrong is the author of The Life and Writings of Ralph J. Gleason: Dispatches from the Front (Bloomsbury, 2024), the first biography of the influential journalist who shaped music journalism from the 1940s into the 1970s.
Armstrong is a retired tenured professor and now an independent scholar specializing in the history of music journalism whose articles have appeared in Rock Music Studies, Jazz Perspectives, and other peer-reviewed journals.
