Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Swenson, a veteran of rock journalism’s early years at Rolling Stone and Crawdaddy and later a chronicler of jazz, died ...

We were devastated to learn that OffBeat contributing editor and writer, longtime friend and New Orleans music lover John Swenson passed away this morning at the age of 71 after a long battle with ...

John Swenson was as much a part of the New Orleans music community as any musician. He made his bones as a music journalist in New York in the 1970s during the heyday of the ...

John Swenson, a veteran of rock journalism’s early years at Rolling Stone and Crawdaddy and later a chronicler of jazz, died Monday at 71 at his home in Brooklyn. He was reported to have been battling ...