A lifelong music and culture obsessive, I began my writing career after earning a degree in journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin. Born and raised near Green Bay, I've spent the last 15 years in Los Angeles, where I've served as the Senior Music Writer at LA Weekly, a staff writer at international festival brand Insomniac Events and the Senior Editor of Beatport News. I am currently the Director of Dance/Electronic coverage at Billboard.
My work incorporates humor, balanced perspectives, thorough research and years of experience. Always a travel enthusiast, I've covered concerts, tours and festivals throughout the United States and Europe and in Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Morocco and Israel. Areas of special interest include nontraditional addiction therapies and the intersection of music culture and national and local drug policy. I've interviewed countless artists both legendary and up-and-coming. In 2016, I received a Cosmic Sister grant to travel to the Amazon rainforest in Peru and cover traditional indigenous plant medicines.
My work has appeared in and on publications including Billboard, The Guardian, The LAnd, VICE, Noisey, DoubleBlind, Flaunt, LA Weekly and RBMA. My narrative nonfiction has been published in literary journals includingThe Rattling Wall and Lyrics As Poetry.
My work incorporates humor, balanced perspectives, thorough research and years of experience. Always a travel enthusiast, I've covered concerts, tours and festivals throughout the United States and Europe and in Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Morocco and Israel. Areas of special interest include nontraditional addiction therapies and the intersection of music culture and national and local drug policy. I've interviewed countless artists both legendary and up-and-coming. In 2016, I received a Cosmic Sister grant to travel to the Amazon rainforest in Peru and cover traditional indigenous plant medicines.
My work has appeared in and on publications including Billboard, The Guardian, The LAnd, VICE, Noisey, DoubleBlind, Flaunt, LA Weekly and RBMA. My narrative nonfiction has been published in literary journals includingThe Rattling Wall and Lyrics As Poetry.