Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ ‘Soul Of A Woman’ Is A Testament To Fortitude
(Review)
On NPR’s All Things Considered (November 17, 2017)

Sunny And The Sunliners’ ‘Mr. Brown Eyed Soul’ Is For The Loved And Lovelorn
(Review)
On NPR’s All Things Considered (September 27, 2017)

Joe Bataan’s Gypsy Woman
(Review)
From Pitchfork’s Sunday Review (August 27, 2017)

The Honey Man of El Sereno Continues a 300-Year-Old Family Legacy of Beekeeping
(Article)
From KCET’s Migrant Kitchen (July 7, 2017)

Taking PTO On The Road
(First Person Essay)
From Put This On (July 6, 2017)

The Chulita Vinyl Club Spins a Safe Space for Music and Identity
(Article)
From KCET’s Artbound (August 22, 2017)

The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound Gets DJ Hopefuls Up to Scratch
(Article)
From KCET’s Artbound (May 26, 2017)

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN.’ Is Introspective And Unforgiving
(Album Review)
From NPR’s All Things Considered (April 17, 2017)

Revisiting the Music of El Sereno’s Steven J. Salazar
(Column)
From KCET’s Artbound (Mar. 29, 2017)

From Chop Suey to Haute Cuisine: A Case Study in American “Ethnic Food”
(Book Review)
From Los Angeles Review of Books (Mar. 20, 2017)

“All Night Menu” Returns to Tell Histories Through L.A. Addresses
(Column)
From KCET’s Artbound (Mar. 15, 2017)

Chicano Batman, ‘Freedom Is Free’
(‘First Listen’ Review)
From NPR.org (Feb. 23, 2017)

Music icon David Axelrod: six essential tracks
(Annotated Playlist)
From The Guardian (UK) (Feb. 7, 2017)

‘La La Land’: Los Angeles and the Hollywood Imagination
(Column)
From KCET’s Artbound (Feb. 3, 2017)

Marquee Names: Bob James’s “Nautilus”
From BeatTips.com (Jan. 28, 2017)

Beat Breakdown: Main Source’s “Looking At the Front Door”
From BeatTips.com (Jan. 4, 2017)

Songs We Love: Lee Fields & The Expressions, ‘Never Be Another You’
For NPR.org (December, 26, 2016)

Marquee Names: Rhetta Hughes’s “You’re Doing With Her, When It Should Be Me”
For BeatTips.com (December 14, 2016)

Marquee Names: The Soul of Curtis Mayfield
(Column)
For BeatTips.com (December 6, 2016)

A Queen Among Kings
(An appreciation of Sharon Jones)
For NPR.org (November 21, 2016)

‘We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service,’ A Tribe Called Quest
(Album review)
For NPR’s All Things Considered (November 14, 2016)

Curtis Mayfield Finally Gets a Definitive Biography. What Took So Long?
(Book Review)
For Pitchfork (October 25, 2016)

The Frightnrs, ‘Nothing More To Say’
(First Listen Review)
For NPR.org (August 25, 2016)

Another Great Wall
(Essay on Peter Wang’s A Great Wall)
For AngryAsianMan.com (August 24, 2016)

Simple Idea, Spooky Result: Latin American Ballads Get A Ghostly Makeover
(Album review)
For NPR’s All Things Considered (August 24, 2016)

Songs We Love: Lady Wray, ‘Do It Again’
For NPR.org (August 3, 2016)

Sharon Jones: ‘Before I get on stage something comes over me and the pain goes away’
(Interview)
For The Guardian (July 27, 2016)

Behind The Black Power Goddess: Betty Davis’ Early Demos Released
(Album Review)
For NPR’s All Things Considered (July 6, 2016)

Cymande, London’s Greatest Funk Band, on Return to Stage
(Interview)
For Rolling Stone (June 9, 2016)

Songs We Love: Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, ‘Was Dog A Doughnut’
For NPR.org (May 27, 2016)

Space Invaders
(Book Review of Geoff Manaugh’s A Burglar’s Guide to the City
For the Los Angeles Review of Books (May 12, 2016)

Echoes of History: Charles Lummis’ Wax Cylinder Recordings
(Article)
For KCET’s Artbound (May 3, 2016)

‘James Brown: Live At The Apollo Vol. 4’ Is A Marvelous And Mysterious Time Capsule
(Review)
For All Things Considered (Apr. 26, 2016)

Listen: how Prince’s sound evolved over the years
(Radio Discussion)
For KPCC’s Take Two (Apr. 26, 2016)

Songs We Love: J Dilla, ‘F*** The Police‘
For NPR.org (Apr. 7, 2016)

We like it like that: the songs that defined New York City’s boogaloo craze
(Annotated Playlist)
For The Guardian (Apr. 5, 2016)

Songs We Love: Million Dollar Ecstacy, ‘Burning Inside’
For NPR.org (Mar. 31, 2016)

Songs We Love: Charles Bradley, ‘Things We Do For Love’
For NPR.org (Mar. 17, 2016)

Great sexpectations: Peggy Orenstein’s ‘Girls & Sex’ explores the thorny politics of teen sexuality
(Book Review)
For the Los Angeles Times (Mar. 24, 2016)

Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs
(Annotated Playlist)
For Rolling Stone (Mar. 15, 2016)

Kanye West Plays Puppet Master With ‘Life Of Pablo’ Premiere
(Commentary)
For All Things Considered (Feb. 15, 2016)

Top 5, Dead or Alive
(Book Review of ‘The Rap Yearbook’ by Shea Serrano)
For The Los Angeles Review of Books (Feb. 6, 2016)

Maurice White: five deep cuts from the Earth, Wind & Fire co-founder
(Annotated Playlist)
For The Guardian (Feb. 5, 2016)

‘Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing,’ Gloria Ann Taylor
(Album Review)
For All Things Considered (Jan. 12, 2016)

A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘People’s Instinctive Travels’ at 25
(Album Review)
For Cuepoint (Jan. 8, 2016)

Baby’s First Record (and Record Player)
(Review of ‘This Record Belongs To _______’)
For Cuepoint (Nov. 25, 2015)

‘Asian American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes From the Philippines to Brooklyn’ by Dale Talde
(Book Review)
For the Center for Asian American Media (Nov. 9, 2015)

‘The Making of Asian America’ by Erika Lee
(Book Review)
For The New York Times (Sep. 4, 2015)

‘All Night Menu’ Serves Up L.A. Stories
(Profile of Sam Sweet)
For Artbound (Jun. 29, 2015)

‘LAtitudes’ navigates the histories and cultures of L.A.
(Book Review)
For Los Angeles Times (May 7, 2015)

Fast Lane
(Profile of Speed Records)
For The Vinyl Factory (May 26, 2015)

The L.A. Roots of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
(Column)
For Artbound (Mar. 25, 2015)

‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ by Kendrick Lamar
(Album Review)
For NPR’s All Things Considered (Mar. 18, 2015)

Spotlight on Arthur Dong
(Interview)
For Center for Asian American Media (Mar. 13, 2015)

Pinoy Funk Mix
(Annotated Playlist)
For The Vinyl Factory (Mar. 11, 2015)

Sly Stone, the Original Rhythm King
(Review of ‘Sly’s Stone Flower’)
For Cuepoint (Jan. 11, 2015)