Charles Shaar Murray is an English music journalist. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ...

Born in 1952, His first experience was in 1970 when he was asked to contribute to Oz (magazine) (the notorious Schoolkids OZ) and was involved in the consequent obscenity trial. Schoolkids OZ was Issue 28 of the OZ magazine, famous for being the subject of a high-profile obscenity case in the United Kingdom in June 1971. ...

He then wrote for IT (International Times) before decamping to the New Musical Express in 1973 where he wrote for the next 13 years. After that he worked for a number of publications including Q magazine, Mojo (magazine) and The Independent amongst many others. The International Times (IT) was an underground press paper started in 1966 in the UK, based in Ladbroke Grove, London. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... The Independent is a British compact (tabloid) newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ...

He has published an number of books including the award winning book on Jimi Hendrix; Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop.