Lisa Robinson
Contributing Editor
Prior to joining Vanity Fair in 1999, contributing editor Lisa Robinson was a longtime music columnist for the New York Post, The New York Times Syndicate, the host of syndicated radio and cable TV shows, and edited several rock magazines. From 2000-2006, she produced Vanity Fair’s music portfolios. In addition to her regular “Hot Tracks” column, she has written cover stories on Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Jay Z, Adele, Kendrick Lamar, and Lizzo, major profiles on Eminem, U2, and Serge Gainsbourg, and Oral Histories of Motown, Disco, and Laurel Canyon.
In 2020 her book Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls was published in hardcover by Holt; the paperback is out now. Her memoir, There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll, was published by Riverhead Books in April 2014. In addition Robinson hosted the weekly SiriusXM radio show Call Me With Lisa Robinson. She was the associate producer of the Netflix series Pretend It’s a City directed by Martin Scorsese starring Fran Lebowitz. She’s on Instagram at @lisarobinsonnyc.
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