Rob Bowman (music writer)

Rob Bowman
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Toronto, Canada
OccupationEthnomusicologist, writer
EducationHBA York (1978), MFA York (1982), PhD Memphis (1993)
SubjectMusic
Notable awardsGrammy Award for Best Album Notes
1996 The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975

Rob Bowman (born 21 June 1956) is a Canadian Grammy Award-winning professor of ethnomusicology and a music writer.

Formerly the director of York University's Graduate Program in Ethnomusicology and Musicology in Toronto, he has written many liner notes, studies and books on popular music. He has been nominated six times for Grammy Awards.