Holly Gleason

An American music critic, songwriter, and music industry consultant, she has focused primarily on country and roots music. She often writes liner notes.

From 1990 through 1993, she worked as a publicist for Sony Music Nashville, and was owner/operator of Joe's Garage (2) from 1993 to 2008. As a publicist, artists she has worked with include Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, and Rodney Crowell.

Gleason has freelanced as a music critic and journalist since 1993. She was nominated for Best Cultural Reporting for her 2015 essay, “The Impossible Lightness of Being Taylor Swift,” by the International Network of Street Papers. In 2016, she was awarded a fellowship by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s CWRU Center for Pop Music Studies.