Alan Licht (born 1968) is a writer, musician, and curator based in New York City. He is equally known for his guitar work in the underground
rock bands Run On and Lovechild and in the
experimental groups the Blue Humans and Text of Light. He has released numerous solo guitar albums and duo and trio records of improvised music, collaborating with avant-garde musicians such as
Jim O'Rourke,
Loren Mazzacan Connors, Rudolf Grey,
Lee Ranaldo and Aki Onda.
Licht is a contributing music editor at
BOMB magazine and his essays and reviews have appeared in
Artforum,
Parkett,
The Wire,
The Believer,
Sight & Sound, and many other publications. He is the author of
An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn, an extended personal essay about coming of age as a rock fan and musician;
Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories, the first full-length study of sound installations and sound sculpture to appear in English; and
Sound Art Revisited, an updated version of the latter, published in 2020; and he is a coauthor of
Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a collection of interviews with Will Oldham, and, with
Cory Arcangel and Howie Chen, the concert transcription compilation
Title TK 2010–2014.
