George Varga
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As seen in:
The San Diego Union-Tribune,
MSN,
The Washington Post,
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times en Espanol,
New York Daily News,
Chicago Tribune,
Rotten Tomatoes,
SFGate,
Stuff.co.nz,
The Toronto Star
and
Covers:
Every style from rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop and country to electronica, Americana, classical, opera, experimental, pop and myriad World Music genres. Also, film and comedy.
Doesn't Cover:
Excellent question! See above.
Pop music critic for U-T San Diego. I walk the beat (as befits a drummer who doesn't drive). Now perfecting my closed-mouth ventriloquism. Eh? Can you speak up?
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George Varga’s Biography
Read Full Bio →San Diego Union-Tribune music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his writing at the U-T and is a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to providing live coverage of the Grammy Awards and festivals from Coachella and KAABOO to the 1994 edition of Woodstock, he has interviewed everyone from Miles Davis, Bri…