Ben Rayner

{{Short description|Canadian music critic}}

Ben Rayner is a music critic and writer for the Toronto Star since 1998.{{cite web|last=Gordon|first=Cameron|title=Toronto's Star... Ben Rayner In a rockcritics.com interview|url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/benrayner/benrayner.html|publisher=Rockcritics.com|access-date=8 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Ben Rayner|url=https://www.thestar.com/authors.rayner_ben.html|access-date=8 September 2013|newspaper=Toronto Star}} His commentary on artists is extensively cited across the industry. Indie88 considers him "of the most respected industry professionals around."{{cite web|date=16 July 2013|title=Stream now: The Throne of Glory|url=http://indie88.com/indie88-throne-of-glory/|publisher=Indie88|access-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905221319/http://indie88.com/indie88-throne-of-glory/|archive-date=5 September 2013}}

In 2012, he served on the jury for the Polaris Music Prize.{{cite news|last=Sindrey|first=Curtis|title=Toronto music journalists debate 2012 Polaris Music Prize short-list on eve of gala|url=http://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2012/09/19/toronto-music-journalists-debate-2012-polaris-music-prize-short-list-on-eve-of-gala/|access-date=9 September 2013|newspaper=Aesthetic Magazine, Toronto|date=19 September 2012}}