Bill Adler

Bill Adler
Born (1951-12-18) December 18, 1951 (age 72)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
GenreHip-Hop
SubjectMusic
SpouseSara Moulton[1]
Children2[1]

Bill Adler (born December 18, 1951) is an American music journalist and critic. Since the late 1960s, he has worked in the music business in a variety of capacities, including as a record store clerk, radio disc jockey, critic, publicist, biographer, record label executive, documentary filmmaker, museum consultant, art gallerist, curator, and archivist. He is known best for his tenure as director of publicity at Def Jam Recordings (1984–1990), the period of his career to which the critic Robert Christgau was referring when he described Adler as a "legendary publicist".[2]

  1. ^ a b Tannenbaum, Kiri (September 29, 2008). "Chef Sara Moulton – Sara's Weeknight Meals – Delish.com". Delish. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop", Rolling Stone, February 22, 2007.