It is a privilege to welcome author and journalist Katie Bain to
The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. For over 15 years, Katie has covered the global dance and electronic music world scene. Her work has appeared in
The Guardian, VICE, RBMA, L.A. Weekly, Flaunt, and many other publications. She is currently the director of dance and electronic coverage and senior music correspondent at
Billboard. Katie wrote more than a dozen cover stories on recording artists, including Justice, Justin Bieber, Peggy Gou, Swedish House Mafia, and the Weeknd. She also reported stories from 13 countries and has done countless interviews with musicians, both legendary and rising. In 2016, Katie received a Cosmic Sister grant to report on traditional plant medicines in the Peruvian Amazon, and earlier this year, she received the first-ever FEMME HOUSE award for music journalist of the year.
On October 21, The Quatro Group published her new book,
Desert Dreams: The Music, Style, and Allure of Coachella. The coffee table book features over 150 iconic photographs and insights from music industry veterans. The book also discusses the festival’s fashion trends and viral looks, the legendary performances including Beychella and No Doubt, and iconic stories such as former it-couple Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson’s relationship, Harry Styles’ surprising team-up with Shania Twain, and the appearance of a hologram of Tupac Shakur.
On this episode of
The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Katie Bain spoke about her work at
The Guardian, L.A. Weekly, and
VICE; her high-profile features with Justin Bieber and the Weeknd; and
Desert Dreams: The Music, Style, and Allure of Coachella’s writing process.
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