Carlo Wolff
Encyclopedia
Carlo Wolff is a prolific freelance journalist who writes for publications including the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, the The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
) and the Christian Science Monitor. He specializes in music criticism
, book reviews and feature articles about popular culture, travel, and business. He also specializes in reviewing graphic novels for the Globe. Included among his former outlets: Goldmine and Billboard.
From February 1990 to August 2008, Wolff worked for Lodging Hospitality, a Penton Media
trade publication targeting the hotel industry. During his last eight years with LH, he was Features Editor. He now freelances to that publication and other trade periodicals. Wolff also maintains a blog.
Wolff has been involved in three books, including The Encyclopedia of Record Producers, a 1999 Billboard publication instigated by Eric Olsen
, founder of www.blogcritics.com, a critical portal to which Wolff occasionally contributes. Wolff's most recent book, Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories, was published in November 2006 by Gray and Company, Publishers.
In 2003, Wolff made critical waves with his take on Mitch Albom
's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." Commissioned by the Detroit Free Press
, where Albom is a star columnist, it was suppressed by that newspaper and subsequently published in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and numerous other mainstream and alternative newspapers. Wolff's Albom review is reprinted in "Killed," a compilation of censored journalism, put together by David Wallis
, the man behind Featurewell, a journalism portal to which Wolff also occasionally contributes. The review also is archived at PoynterOnline, an interpretive journalism portal.
In addition to his literary criticism, Wolff has chronicled and interpreted jazz for decades, including a long stint as the key jazz critic for the Plain Dealer.
He is also vice-president of the board of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and has written liner notes and promotional material for recording companies including Fantasy, Prestige and Milestone, Sony
/Columbia
, Warner Brothers and Blue Note
. Wolff lives in South Euclid, Ohio.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG," is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.-Early history:...
, the The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
) and the Christian Science Monitor. He specializes in music criticism
Music criticism
See also Music journalism for reporting on classical and popular music in the media.The Oxford Companion to Music defines music criticism as 'the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres'. In this...
, book reviews and feature articles about popular culture, travel, and business. He also specializes in reviewing graphic novels for the Globe. Included among his former outlets: Goldmine and Billboard.
From February 1990 to August 2008, Wolff worked for Lodging Hospitality, a Penton Media
Penton Media
Penton Media, Inc., founded in 1892 by John Penton, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces 113 magazines, 96 trade shows, 145 websites and has over six million subscribers across 17 different market segments.Numerous...
trade publication targeting the hotel industry. During his last eight years with LH, he was Features Editor. He now freelances to that publication and other trade periodicals. Wolff also maintains a blog.
Wolff has been involved in three books, including The Encyclopedia of Record Producers, a 1999 Billboard publication instigated by Eric Olsen
Eric Olsen
Eric Olsen was the founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher of broad-based online critical magazine Blogcritics and author of local Cleveland blog Cleve-blog. He is also a widely read and influential blogger...
, founder of www.blogcritics.com, a critical portal to which Wolff occasionally contributes. Wolff's most recent book, Cleveland Rock and Roll Memories, was published in November 2006 by Gray and Company, Publishers.
In 2003, Wolff made critical waves with his take on Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom
Mitchell David "Mitch" Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have sold over 30 million copies worldwide...
's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven." Commissioned by the Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...
, where Albom is a star columnist, it was suppressed by that newspaper and subsequently published in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and numerous other mainstream and alternative newspapers. Wolff's Albom review is reprinted in "Killed," a compilation of censored journalism, put together by David Wallis
David Wallis
David Wallis, born January 18, 1967, is an American journalist and an advocate for writers. He is the founder and CEO of Featurewell.com, an online syndication company....
, the man behind Featurewell, a journalism portal to which Wolff also occasionally contributes. The review also is archived at PoynterOnline, an interpretive journalism portal.
In addition to his literary criticism, Wolff has chronicled and interpreted jazz for decades, including a long stint as the key jazz critic for the Plain Dealer.
He is also vice-president of the board of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and has written liner notes and promotional material for recording companies including Fantasy, Prestige and Milestone, Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
/Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, Warner Brothers and Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
. Wolff lives in South Euclid, Ohio.