Update 2025: Hi all! After years of working as a music journalist, I’ve shifted my creative focus fully to photography. While concerts will always hold a special place in my heart, I’m no longer taking on freelance music writing projects. Instead, I’m using this space to showcase my personal photography — capturing the same energy, emotion, and authenticity I once chased with words, now through the lens.

From the Pit to the Portrait: Capturing Life's Rhythms

Classic Karen is a native New Yorker who loves music, 80's movies, bodega deli coffee, and a classic nyc pizza slice.

First Love...Concerts.

I've always been asked what is it that I love about concerts and I can't come up with a single reason but a never-ending list of reasons. You can't help but smile — you forget life's little nuances.