Rick Anderson has been an active music critic since 1990, writing at various times for daily and weekly newspapers, syndicates, academic and professional journals, and the All-Music Guide (now AllMusic.com). Since 1990 he has been the publisher of CD HotList: New Releases for Libraries (cdhotlist.com), a monthly review and recommendation service for music buyers in public and academic libraries.
An academic librarian by profession, Rick is currently the library director at Brigham Young University.
