Tim Riley

Tim Riley (born 1960) is a music journalist who reviews pop and classical music for NPR, and contributes regularly to the Los Angeles Review of Books. His byline has also appeared in The New York Times, truthdig, the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Slate and Salon. Since 2023 he has published the free bi-weekly riley rock report on substack.com. He was recently featured for an hour on Jack Coyne's Track Star, March 2026.