Music
- Music is my greatest passion, and I'm honored to be able to write about it. I've been an entertainment writer for major daily newspapers and editor-in-chief of a NY-based educational music magazine (MUSIC ALIVE!). For Sacramento magazine, I covered music and the arts for nearly 20 years until the publication closed in summer 2023. In 2024, I began contributing to Comstock's magazine, Sacramento News & Review, and other publications. In recent years, I have also been interviewing Austin-based musicians to gather material for a possible book.
New! Twin Lotus Thai: Local restaurant jazzes up music scene
Comstock's magazine, April 2025
www.comstocksmag.com/web-only/twin-lotus-thai-jazzes-local-music-scene
Essay: My love affair with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Austin, TX
Comstock's magazine, Dec. 2024
www.comstocksmag.com/article/how-musical-passion-led-whole-new-chapter-life
Guitar Exhibit at California Museum - Comstock's magazine
Guitar exhibit brings rock 'n' roll to Sacramento museum
Jazz series debuting in Sacramento - Sacramento News & Review
Jazz series mixes entertainment and education
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Jazz in Sacramento - Sacramento News & Review
Jazz in Sacramento: Businesses partnering with musicians
Music scene gets boost at local casinos - Sacramento magazine
new_music_venues_at_casinos.pdf
Going to a concert? Check that bag policy - Sacramento magazine
inthebag.pdf
Interview with Roger Smith, keyboardist for Tower of Power, Sacramento magazine
Roger Smith interview - Sacramento magazine
Interview with Paul McCartney, MUSIC ALIVE! magazine (audience: middle and high school students)
McCartney interview - MUSIC ALIVE! magazine
Interview with Burt Bacharach, Sacramento magazine
Burt Bacharach interview - Sacramento magazine
What's it Really Like to Compete on "The Voice"? Interview with Three Contestants
"The Voice" feature - Sacramento magazine
Masters of Rhythm feature, MUSIC ALIVE! magazine
Masters of Rhythm feature - MUSIC ALIVE!
Casey Lipka, bassist/vocalist/songwriter, Sacramento magazine
Casey Lipka profile
Jimmy Pailer, guitarist, Sacramento magazine
Jimmy Pailer interview
To Broadway and Back: Larry Lunetta, trumpeter, Sacramento magazine
Larry Lunetta interview
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I've had many peak experiences as a music journalist, including interviewing such legends as Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach and Roger Smith (Tower of Power keyboardist), first row. At bottom left is blues singer/pianist Katie Knipp, one of five musicians I interviewed for Sacramento magazine (Sept. 2020 issue) about the challenges of keeping the music going during the COVID-19 lockdown. "Exploring the Blues," featuring two chapters I contributed, is an educational music book for middle- and high-school students. The "Masters of Rhythm" article (MUSIC ALIVE! magazine) pays tribute to some of the greatest rhythm sections in music history.