NYSMusic STAFF

Stephen Lewis has been enamored with music and the written word since he began writing simple poetry and digging through his parents record collection as a young boy in Central New York. What started out as a formative relationship with the…

Amy Lieberman, born in Queens, raised in Westchester County, and currently living just outside of the quaint hamlet of Treadwell in the scenic Catskill Mountains, was raised on music: from her mother, who would often sing her and her sister…

Festival season is upon us, and with that comes 5 months of music and memories in some of the best locations for live music in the nation. As we prepare for our coverage of music festivals this summer - more than 40 across the country and…

Pete Mason is a teacher and writer living in Albany, NY. Pete started out as a Staff Writer, covering concerts and festivals in the Northeast, then became Online Editor and helped grow the staff from 10 to more than 40 as of today. As…

Raised in the foothills of the Catskill mountains in Oneonta, New York Christopher McMullen was exposed to music at a young age. Dabbling in trombone and percussion, he also was a member of the school choir through high school. While in…

“It’s better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.” It’s a philosophy that has often gotten music writer Johnny Goff into some very hard-to-get areas for coverage. While that rogue attitude has occasionally got him into some…

Susan Rice has been a staff writer for for a little over a year. Her love for music started at a young age from her parents who filled her childhood home with song, dance and love. They always encouraged her exploration of all things music,…

Tim "T-Bone" O'Shea currently resides in Westfield, NJ where he was also raised. He attended St. Joseph's High School in Metuchen before studying Broadcast Journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse…

Kimberly Zesky is a young writer from the Adirondack Mountains of New York who was introduced to music at a very young age, growing up with parents who were live DJ's and a father who has always been an avid guitar player. Being introduced…

Gauraa Shekhar was born in Delhi, India, but grew up on the fringe of Bollywood in Mumbai. She spent her early years accompanying her father to television studios, reading comic books wrapped in dust-jackets of historical biographies. She…