An Interview with...Wayne Robins

Substack's Chris Dalla Riva Gives Me Enough Rope

Last week I was interviewed by Chris Dalla Riva, whose multitude of talents include writing the

Can't Get Much Higher

Substack; playing and writing his own music; being a whiz with statistics, which is why he’s also got a book coming out via Bloomsbury on Nov. 13, 2025: “Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves.”

The interview is now on his Substack, and it is so revealing I talk about stuff that I didn’t even know about! But really, he gives me a lot of space to talk about how I have operated as a critic all these years, including why I will not refer to Bruce Springsteen as “The Boss.” So please check it out:

The Life of a Critic: A Conversation with Wayne Robins