Music Citation Guide: Chicago Style (18th ed.)

If no page numbers, simply omit them. If no URL, include the database name. Unlike journals, magazine citations' publication date can be a full date (September 22, 2025) or include the season (Fall 2025) (CMOS 14.87). These guidelines similarly apply to newspapers (CMOS 14.89).

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Article Title." Magazine, PublicationDate. URL.

Jones, CT. "This Indie-Pop Star Wants to Turn Audiences Into Climate Activists." Rolling Stone, September 27, 2024. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/adam-met-planet-reimagined-climate-week-ajr-1235112968/.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Article Title," Magazine, PublicationDate, PageNumbers, URL.

1. CT Jones, "This Indie-Pop Star Wants to Turn Audiences Into Climate Activists," Rolling Stone, September 27, 2024, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/adam-met-planet-reimagined-climate-week-ajr-1235112968/.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Jones 2024)

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Article Title." Magazine, PublicationDate. 

Johnson, Veronica. "Amina Claudine Myers Revisits Her Formative Years." Downbeat, September 2025.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Article Title," Magazine, PublicationDate, PageNumbers.

1. Veronica Johnson, "Amina Claudine Myers Revisits Her Formative Years," Downbeat, September 2025, 13–14.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Johnson 2025, 13)

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Article Title." Newspaper, PublicationDate. URL.

Blow, Charles M. "It Wasn't Just My Life on That Stage. So Was My Purpose." The New York Times, September 29, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/opinion/met-opera-new-york-memoir.html. 

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Article Title," Newspaper, PublicationDate, PageNumbers, URL.

1. Charles M. Blow, "It Wasn't Just My Life on That Stage. So Was My Purpose." The New York Times, September 29, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/opinion/met-opera-new-york-memoir.html.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Blow 2021)

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Article Title." Newspaper, PublicationDate. 

Rice, Anita. "The Real Eartha Kitt." Call and Post, October 13, 1979.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Article Title," Newspaper, PublicationDate, PageNumbers.

1. Anita Rice, "The Real Eartha Kitt," Call and Post, October 13, 1979, 4.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Rice 1979, 4)