Jim Harrington, pop music critic, Bay Area News Group, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)
Pop music writer

Jim Harrington

Jim Harrington is the Bay Area News Group's pop music critic for The Mercury News and the East Bay Times. He began writing about the Bay Area music scene in 1992 and became the full-time pop music critic for the organization's Oakland Tribune in 2006. He is a South Bay native who graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Liberal Studies. He also received an MBA degree from Santa Clara University.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Language: Spanish (Some)

Award: West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Award Show for story of the year and writer of the year

Expertise: Pop, jazz, heavy metal, hip-hop, Christian, and country music; Broadway and other theater; horror movies; theme parks

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