Ken Hunt (born 11 April 1951) is an English music critic, journalist, broadcaster and translator who specialises in world music, folk and improvised musics. He has written for [[Mojo (magazine)]The History of Rock (magazine)|The History of Rock]] and AllMusic, has contributed to titles in Rough Guides' Music Reference Series, and is a musical consultant on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is also an obituarist for The Guardian, The Independent, The Scotsman, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Times.[1]
An authority on [ [Indian classical music]], Hunt has helped compile albums by Ravi Shankar, [Lata Mangeshkar] and [Asha Bhosle]. He has written liner notes for albums by many other artists, including [Ali Akbar Khan], [Shivkumar Sharma], [[Hariprasad Chaurasia], [Yehudi Menuhin], Bert Jansch, Davy Graham and the Kronos Quartet.[2] Ravi Shankar once described Hunt as "unique" in his understanding of the music of the Indian subcontinent.[3]
- ^ "Ken Hunt", Rock's Backpages (retrieved 21 April 2017).
- ^ "Ken Hunt's biography", World Music: Ken Hunt & Petr Dorůžka (retrieved 21 April 2017).
- ^ "Ken Hunt", pulseconnects.com (retrieved 21 April 2017).