On a food budget? See what I found for $100 at Costco: my latest piece for INSIDER is here.

INSIDER sent me to Aldi

and this happened.

I did a holiday shop at COSTCO for INSIDER; read about it here.

I put Trader Joe's Customer Choice picks to the test for INSIDER, and here's how it went.

My latest piece for INSIDER: what specialty foods, organic pantry goodies, seasonal produce, and liquor to look for at Costco.

Here's a piece I wrote for INSIDER on what to buy at Trader Joe's to elevate your home cooking and entertaining.

Take a deep dive into Louisiana's Mardi Gras music and traditions in my article for The Recording Academy / GRAMMY Awards.

Interested in collectibles, NFTs, and art? Check out my articles on how Star Wars changed the game and some of the most expensive vintage toys of all time on Otis, the "stock market of culture."

I was asked to write an essay on Aretha Franklin's "Respect" for the

Library of Congress and was honored to do so...read it here.

Hear my NPR review of the debut album by Deap Lips,

a collaboration between Deap Vally and Wayne Coyne and

Steven Drodz of the Flaming Lips.

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Read my feature on Childish Gambino percussionist

Dani Markham in Modern Drummer.

Another Book! Aretha: The Queen of Soul

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The Book: Rock-and-Roll Woman

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Hear my series "The Women Behind the Songs" on NPR's All Things Considered:

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Did you miss my Q&A with songwriting legend Diane Warren at AIMP's Indie Music Publishing Summit? Check out American Songwriter's recap.

SXSW Flashback

A featured speaker, I moderated two panels.

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