Skip to content
HeyJared

Joe Lynch

Reporter

Indexed articles, last 90 days
12
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Billboard
Top 10K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 9, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Joe Lynch

    All the 2026 VMAs Performances Ranked From Worst to Best (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

    Read excerpt

    The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards got off to a rough start – at least for those of us watching at home. While those in attendance at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles (the show was held in L.A. thanks to host Snoop Dogg’s request/demand) witnessed a show that started on time, everyone elsewhere who tuned into CBS/MTV or Paramount+ at 7:30 p.m. ET saw either a Donnie Wahlberg-hosted trip down VMAs memory lane or the end of the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Ravens, respectiv

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Joe Lynch

    Run-D.M.C.’s ‘Raising Hell’ at 40: How Billboard Tracked the Rise of Rap’s First Blockbuster Album (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Forty years ago, a trio from Queens catapulted hip-hop into the mainstream with Run-D.M.C.’s third album, Raising Hell. Rap had been raising a ruckus across the five boroughs starting in 1973, but the New York-born genre didn’t become a pop culture force until September 1986, when Raising Hell and its second single, “Walk This Way,” put hip-hop into the top five of the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, for the first time. “Run-D.M.C. previews the Raising Hell album with the

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Joe Lynch

    Olivia Dean at MSG: The 5 Best Moments From the Second of Her Four Sold-Out Shows (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

    Read excerpt

    “This album has completely changed my life” may sound like a familiar sentiment that any artist might share during a new album cycle, but for Olivia Dean and her second LP The Art of Loving, it’s practically an understatement. Midway through her Saturday (Aug. 15) night show in New York City, the English singer-songwriter paused to reflect on a transformative period that saw her go from opening for Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour, which rolled into Madison Square Garden in fall 2025, to

  4. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Joe Lynch

    John Carpenter on the ‘Elaborate’ Dream That Inspired His First Graphic Novel & Its Heavy Metal Soundtrack: ‘It’s Unbelievable’ (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone · English

    Read excerpt

    It’s been 16 years since the last John Carpenter-directed film, and 25 years since the wildly influential multihyphenate crafted a soundtrack to accompany one of his own visual projects. That changes this week with Cathedral, which arrived Tuesday (Aug. 4) as a graphic novel and Friday (Aug. 7) as a soundtrack album. Inspired by a weirdly detailed nightmare Carpenter had a few years ago, John Carpenter’s Cathedral follows three police investigators as they descend into a demonic underworld, seek

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Joe Lynch

    Little Island, Big Ideas: How New York’s Most Unusual Outdoor Venue Crafts Its Lineup (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Some artistic directors determine the seasonal programming for a theater, opera house or community space. Zack Winokur, however, has an island unto himself. For the last three seasons, Winokur has served as the producing artistic director of Little Island, the artificial island/public park adjacent to Manhattan’s Meatpacking District in the Hudson River which opened five years ago. While the Juilliard-educated Winokur had directed, produced and/or cocreated theatrical and opera productions prior

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

Top 10K sites

For Billboard, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026

Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Joe Lynch