Tim Riley (born 1960) reviews pop and classical music for NPR, and has written for The New York Times, truthdig, the Huffington Post, the Washington Post, Slate.com and Salon.com. He was trained as a classical pianist at Oberlin College and Eastman School of Music. In 2016, the awarded Riley the Best Book Review Award at LA's Millennium Biltmore Hotel as part of the . The honor cited his truthdig.com critique of Peter Guralnick's Sam Phillips biography.