page_title: Ed Ward (writer)
hierarchical_section_title: Ed Ward (writer)
caption_attribution_description: Ed Ward of NPR's Fresh Air, in Paris, January 2005. Photograph made by Michael C. Berch (en:User:MCB) on 2005-01-24.
context_page_description: Edmund Ward is an American writer and radio commenter known since 1986 as the "rock-and-roll historian" for NPR's program Fresh Air and one of the original founders of Austin's South by Southwest music festival.
  Ward grew up in Eastchester, New York. He attended Antioch College and began his music-writing career in 1965.
  He has been on the staff of Crawdaddy!, Rolling Stone, and Creem magazines and of the Austin American-Statesman and The Austin Chronicle. Ward has written several books on the history of rock-and-roll and has contributed content, with Rashod Ollison, for the PBS website for the documentary series Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest. In addition to his music history lessons on NPR's Fresh Air he contributes to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and various music magazines.
  Ward lived in Berlin, Germany, between 1993 and 2008, when he moved to Montpellier, France. In 2013 he repatriated and is now living in Austin, Texas.
context_section_description: Edmund Ward (born 1948) is an American writer and radio commenter known since 1986 as the "rock-and-roll historian" for NPR's program Fresh Air and one of the original founders of Austin's South by Southwest music festival.
  Ward grew up in Eastchester, New York. He attended Antioch College and began his music-writing career in 1965. 
  He has been on the staff of Crawdaddy! (1967), Rolling Stone (1970), and Creem (1971–1977) magazines and of the Austin American-Statesman and The Austin Chronicle (where he has been honored as part of their annual "Restaurant Poll", lending his name to their "Ed Ward Memorial Sandwich" award). Ward has written several books on the history of rock-and-roll and has contributed content, with Rashod Ollison, for the PBS website for the documentary series Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest. In addition to his music history lessons on NPR's Fresh Air he contributes to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and various music magazines.
  Ward lived in Berlin, Germany, between 1993 and 2008, when he moved to Montpellier, France. In 2013 he repatriated and is now living in Austin, Texas.
caption: Ed Ward (January 2005)
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