Sophie Miller
Sophie Miller covers contemporary music for Rolling Stone, focusing on live events, award shows, and the points where an artist’s career and public narrative meet onstage.
Live events and awards coverage
Her coverage centres on major live moments in popular music, with a particular focus on performance, staging, and what artists choose to say when they have the microphone. In her reporting on Teyana Taylor’s Icon of the Year honour at the 2026 BET Awards, she anchors the piece in the speech itself, using Taylor’s words about gratitude and earned recognition to frame the significance of the award rather than treating it as a simple ceremony recap. She draws out the emotional stakes of the night, paying attention to how the performance, acceptance speech, and wider context of Taylor’s career fit together into a single story.
Album releases and listening work
Alongside live shows and award broadcasts, Miller writes about new music releases and the experience of hearing them early.
Her work includes reviewing new albums, such as a recent Yard Act record, and contributing written reactions to fresh material shortly after it becomes available. She spends time with pre-release music in editorial settings, taking detailed notes on tracks and bringing that listening work into her writing so that coverage is grounded in close attention to the songs themselves rather than surface details. This mix of early listening and formal review means her pieces can track how a record is presented internally at the magazine and how it lands once it reaches a wider audience.
On-site reporting and editorial collaboration
Miller’s approach relies on being physically present at events and working inside the magazine’s editorial process. She attends concerts, award shows, and other live music occasions, then turns those experiences into reported pieces that capture what happened in the room for readers who were not there.
Her responsibilities have included conducting and filming interviews, participating in editorial and art meetings, and helping to translate archival print material into digital formats, which gives her a broader view of how individual stories sit within the magazine’s wider music coverage. That combination of on-the-ground reporting, structured listening, and collaborative editorial work shapes a body of coverage that treats each assignment as part of a larger, ongoing record of contemporary music.
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Andrea Dresdale
Andrea Dresdale manages entertainment content at ABC Audio and covers music-driven pop culture for news and audio platforms. Her beat centers on chart-friendly pop, new releases, mainstream artists, awards, residencies and industry milestones. She also reports on legacy acts, anniversaries, nostalgia, remixes, live performances and music’s links to film, television, streaming and social media. Her notable coverage includes Taylor Swift, BTS, The Weeknd, Madonna, The Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Patty Smyth and Miley Cyrus. Her work has appeared through syndicated ABC Audio coverage on outlets such as WRMF, KS95 and Hot 96.7. Dresdale writes concise, timely pieces for radio audiences. She frames songs, tours, specials and career moments through cultural impact, fan appeal, commercial momentum and lasting relevance. Her stories connect current hits with music history and show how artists maintain attention through new releases, collaborations and reinterpretations.
Andrew Weber
Andrew Weber uses accountability reporting to examine who benefits from decisions shaping Austin’s music ecosystem. He reports for KUT as a government accountability reporter and works as a freelance reporter and associate editor for KUT News across the public radio network. His music coverage focuses on musicians’ pay at festivals, health care, mental health services, venue relief and working conditions. He treats SXSW as a workplace and economic system, reporting on low fees, sponsorships, boycotts and the political choices behind the festival. He also covers government and institutional issues, including KUT’s relationship with the University of Texas and the firing of general manager Debbie Hiott. His reporting ranges from nonprofit support systems to experimental sound art. He plays music on the side and brings digital storytelling experience, including an Edward R. Murrow award for social media work.
Andy Greene
Andy Greene is a senior writer at Rolling Stone who stands out for long-form interviews and narrative features that follow artists across entire careers. He focuses on music, especially classic rock performers, live shows, tours, and band dynamics. He runs the interview series Unknown Legends and King For a Day, which center on veteran musicians, sidemen, collaborators, and singers who replace legendary frontmen. He also writes cover stories and major features on high-profile figures, including Radiohead, Howard Stern, Bill Withers, Nathan Fielder, Steve Perry, Pete Townshend, and Stephen King. His reporting relies on access, detailed questioning, and a deep command of rock history. He also writes about film and television when they connect to music and culture.
Anna Grace Lee
Anna Grace Lee is a Vogue reporter who covers pop musicians and celebrities through fashion, weddings, and lifestyle culture, focusing on dresses, events, pets, and subcultures rather than industry news. She writes scene-driven features that place entertainers in vivid settings, from villas to underground food markets, and treats music-adjacent stories as fashion and craftsmanship narratives. Her Dua Lipa Sicily wedding coverage shows how she frames a wedding dress as a haute couture moment and a pop-cultural milestone, emphasizing design, making, and handwork. Her Millie Bobby Brown miniature poodle piece reflects a consistent interest in celebrity pets, fandom, and off-stage persona. She also reports lifestyle features like Brooklyn’s buzziest underground cheese sale, embedding in niche food scenes. At Vogue she contributes to weddings, celebrity, living, and Met Gala coverage, and maintains a portfolio of culture and lifestyle work built around entertainment-adjacent storytelling.