Lisa Robinson is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair magazine, where for the last twenty years, she has written many major profiles (Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Adele) and produced the magazine's legendary music issue covers, photo portfolios, and Oral Histories - among them, Motown, Laurel Canyon & Disco. Prior to joining Vanity Fair, she was the music columnist for The New York Post, a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, a host/interviewer for various cable TV shows, a contributor to programs on music at VH1 and MSNBC, a frequent guest on a variety of TV talk shows, and was featured on the American Masters PBS documentary on Lou Reed.
On radio, she hosted nationally syndicated shows, was a contributor to WNEW--FM and WPLJ in New York City, KROQ in Los Angeles, WGN in Chicago, and has been on hundreds of national radio outlets through I Heart Radio. Additionally, she was the editor of Hit Parader and Rock Scene magazines, columnist for Creem, the New York editor of the New Musical Express, and her work has appeared in Spin, Vogue, Elle, Interview, and Cosmopolitan.
Lisa has traveled extensively with, reported on, and interviewed Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Rihanna, The Clash, Joni Mitchell, The Who, U2, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Beyonce, Kanye West, Adele, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and hundreds of other musicians. Lisa's articles have been anthologized in the books "Rock Revolution," "The Rolling Stones: The First
Twenty Years," "She Said, She Said: Women Writing About Rock, Pop and Rap,” and “Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith.” Her memoir, “There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll,” was published by Riverhead Books in 2014. This fall, Henry Holt publishes her book, "Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls: Women, Music & Fame," with behind-the-scenes stories about the many female musicians she's interviewed over the past four decades.